Fiddler on the Roof

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film musical film

Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.

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Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical) 1
Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway) 1
Fiddler on the Roof (film) score 1
Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical) 1
Fiddler on the Roof revival 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score

Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
academyAwardNominations Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
adaptationOf Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical)
basedOn Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)
cinematographer Oswald Morris ⓘ
composer Jerry Bock ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical ⓘ
editor Antony Gibbs ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
lyricist Sheldon Harnick ⓘ
mainCharacter Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
surface form: Tevye
musicFeature Do You Love Me? ⓘ
If I Were a Rich Man ⓘ
Matchmaker, Matchmaker ⓘ
Sunrise, Sunset ⓘ
To Life ⓘ
Tradition ⓘ
narrativeFocus Tevye and his daughters ⓘ
notableFor depiction of shtetl life ⓘ
portrayal of Jewish traditions in Eastern Europe ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Norman Jewison ⓘ
productionCompany The Mirisch Company ⓘ
surface form: The Mirisch Production Company
protagonistOccupation milkman ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-11-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 181 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph Stein ⓘ
settingCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
settingLocation Anatevka ⓘ
settingPeriod pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ
starredActor Chaim Topol ⓘ
Leonard Frey ⓘ
Michele Marsh ⓘ
Molly Picon ⓘ
Neva Small ⓘ
Norma Crane ⓘ
Paul Mann ⓘ
Rosalind Harris ⓘ
theme Jewish family life ⓘ
persecution and displacement ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
tradition versus change ⓘ

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Fiddler on the Roof → adaptationOf → Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical)
Lea Michele → appearedIn → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway)
Fiddler on the Roof → basedOn → Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)
Norman Jewison → directed → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Sholem Aleichem → inspiredWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich → inspiredWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Sholom Aleichem → inspiredWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Harold Prince → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
John Williams → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (film) score
Norman Jewison → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Minskoff Theatre → previousProduction → Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof revival