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In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
Language
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue $83,304,330
Pусский,
עִבְרִית,
English
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue $83,304,330
Keywords
dreams
parent child relationship
tradition
musical
based on play or musical
pogrom
milkman
russian orthodox church
judaism
tavern
constable
suitor
breaking the fourth wall
russian soldier
elopement
fiddler
1900s
Casts
Chaim Topol
Tevye
Norma Crane
Golde
Leonard Frey
Motel
Molly Picon
Yente
Paul Mann
Lazar Wolf
Rosalind Harris
Tzeitel
Michele Marsh
Hodel
Neva Small
Chava
Paul Michael Glaser
Perchik
Ray Lovelock
Fyedka
Elaine Edwards
Shprintze
Candy Bonstein
Bielke
Shimen Ruskin
Mordcha
Zvee Scooler
Rabbi
Louis Zorich
Constable
Alfie Scopp
Avram
Howard Goorney
Nachum
Barry Dennen
Mendel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Russian Official
Ruth Madoc
Fruma Sarah
Patience Collier
Grandma Tzeitel
Tutte Lemkow
Fiddler
Stella Courtney
Shandel
Jacob Kalich
Yankel
Brian Coburn
Berl
George Little
Hone
Stanley Fleet
Farcel
Arnold Diamond
Moishe
Marika Rivera
Rifka
Mark Malicz
Ezekial
Aharon Ipalé
Sheftel
Roger Lloyd Pack
Sexton
Vladimir Medar
Priest
Sammy Bayes
Russian Dancer
Larry Bianco
Russian Dancer
Walter Cartier
Russian Dancer
Peter Johnston
Russian Dancer
Guy Lutman
Russian Dancer
Donald Maclennan
Russian Dancer
Rene Sartoris
Russian Dancer
Roy Durbin
Bottle Dancer
Ken Robson
Bottle Dancer
Bob Stevenson
Bottle Dancer
Lou Zamprogna
Bottle Dancer
Ivan Baptie
Dancer (uncredited)
Cyril Bass
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Tanya Bayona
Dancer (uncredited)
C.C. Bilham
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Ina Claire
Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Claire
Dancer (uncredited)
Sarah Cohen
Bashe (uncredited)
Otto Diamant
Yussel (uncredited)
Harry Ditson
Leibesh (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Russian (uncredited)
Jill Goldston
Villager in Green Dress (uncredited)
Jody Hall
Dancer (uncredited)
Judith Harte
Gnessi (uncredited)
A. Haverstock
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Michael Ingleton
Dancer (uncredited)
Miki Iveria
Bess (uncredited)
Carl Jaffe
Isaac (uncredited)
Nigel Kingsley
(uncredited)
H. Krein
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Hilda Kriseman
Zelda (uncredited)
Barry Lines
Dancer (uncredited)
Danny Mann
One of Rabbi's students (uncredited)
Alfred Maron
Previous Rabbi (uncredited)
Albin Pahernik
Dancer (uncredited)
Joel Rudnick
Marcus (uncredited)
Adam Scott
Dancer (uncredited)
Petra Siniawski
Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Sloman
Nechama (uncredited)
Karen Trent
Dancer (uncredited)
Kenneth Waller
Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
M. Winter
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Leo Wright
Village Band Member (uncredited)
Crews
Norman Jewison
Director
Sholom Aleichem
Original Story
Joseph Stein
Screenplay
Norman Jewison
Producer
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Antony Gibbs
Editor
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Joan Bridge
Costume Design
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
John Williams
Music
Arnold Perl
Adaptation
Patrick J. Palmer
Associate Producer
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Jerry Bock
Original Music Composer
Michael Stringer
Art Direction
Veljko Despotović
Art Direction
Peter Lamont
Set Decoration
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Gordon Bond
Hairstylist
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Artist
Richard Carruth
Post Production Supervisor
Larry DeWaay
Production Supervisor
Ted Lloyd
Production Manager
Howard Grigsby
Assistant Director
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Milan Mitić
Stunts
Dennis Fraser
Grip
Jimmy Turrell
Camera Operator
Branko Lustig
Location Manager
Elaine Schreyeck
Script Supervisor
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
Terence Nelson
Assistant Director
John Williams
Orchestrator
John Williams
Conductor
John Williams
Music Arranger
Jerry Bock
Songs
Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist
David James
Still Photographer
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Backdrops & Posters
