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Movie Review: 'Fiddler on the Roof'

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Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Directed by: Norman Jewison Written by: Joseph Stein, based on his book for the Broadway play and Sholem Aleichem’s Teyve and His Daughters Starring: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann Music by: Jerry Bock (original music), Sheldon Harnick (lyrics), John Williams (adapted the score and conducted) Tevye: A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition! On November 3. 1971, United Artists released producer-director Norman Jewison’s Fiddler on the Roof, an adaptation of the eponymous Broadway musical written by Joseph Stein and based loosely on Shol