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©2011
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1 videodisc (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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"Tevye (Topol) 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." -- Back of container
Based on the stage play Fiddler on the roof, adapted from Sholom Aleichem stories by special arrangement with Arnold Perl. Stageplay by Joseph Stein
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971
Special feature: commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editors, Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams ; original choreography by Jerome Robbins, adapted for the screen by Tom Abbott ; production designer, Robert Boyle ; art director, Michael Stringer ; set decorator, Peter Lamont ; costumes designed by Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge ; associate producer, Patrick Palmer
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen Ruskin, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Alfie Scopp, Howard Goorney, Barry Dennen, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ruth Madoc, Patience Collier, Tutte Lemkow ; soloist, Isaac Stern
Rating: G; Canadian Home Video rating: G
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 surround, mono
In English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English
Academy award winner (1971): Cinematography, sound, music-adaptation score