Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.
Fiddler on the roof moral of the story.
It deals with issues of love parenting tolerance and tradition in ways which appeal to everyone.
His sharp tongued wife golde norma crane orders their five daughters 19 year old tzeitel.
Fiddler on the roof based on the short story tevye and his daughters by sholom aleichem was one of the first musicals to defy broadway s established rules of commercial success it dealt with serious issues such as persecution poverty and the struggle to hold on to one s beliefs in the midst of a hostile and chaotic environment.
The story creates a sort of sympathy for how the modern world cares nothing for tradition and thus different cultures get lost thro.
From 1880 to 1920 when there was a political social crisis the russian government would incite the population against the jews trying to divert its attention from the real problems.
It is 1905 and life here is as precarious as a fiddler on the roof yet through their traditions the villagers endure.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
Israel wahrman of teaneck who works as an administrative law judge for special education cases in new york and is this writer s.
Tevye the philosophical village milkman explains the customs of the jewish people and their lives in the russian shtetl of anatevka in 1905 where life is as precarious as the perch of a fiddler on a roof tradition at tevye s home everyone is busy preparing for the sabbath meal.
I would say its a story of parental control of children and the modern world vs the traditional.
Fiddler on the roof describes the experiences of many eastern european jewish immigrants to the united states.
The program showed how ethical principles which can be derived from fiddler on the roof have applicability to the practice of law as well as to problems encountered in our day to day lives said dr.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.