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2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Includes 2 versions (Blu-ray disc and DVD) of the same film (181 min.)
Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971
Based on the stageplay Fiddler on the roof ; adapted from Sholem Aleichem stories ; by special arrangements with Arnold Perl
Special features on DVD: audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol. Special features on Blu-ray: audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol; Norman Jewison, filmmaker; Norman Jewison looks back; John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; deleted song, 'Any day now'; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality: production design; storyboard-to-film comparison; Tevye's dream sequence (in full color with side-by-side comparison and an introduction by Norman Jewison); trailers, teasers and TV spots
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; choreography, Jerome Robbins
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock
MPAA rating: G
Blu-ray disc: region A; widescreen 2.35:1; 50GB dual layer; 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English), mono (Spanish, Potuguese), 5.1 DTS (French, German, Italian) sound formats; requires Blu-ray player
DVD: NTSC, region 1; widescreen 2.35:1; dual layer; 5.1 Dolby Surround (English) or mono (English, Spanish, French) sound formats
Blu-ray: English soundtrack with dubbed versions available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish; optional German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, or Swedish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
DVD: English soundtrack (5.1 or mono.) with dubbed versions available in French and Spanish (mono.); optional subtitles in English and Spanish