Fiddler on the Roof (1971) presented by TCM

  • Rated Not Rated
  • 3hr 10m
  • 67

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Director:

Norman Jewison

Writer:

Sholom Aleichem, Arnold Perl, Joseph Stein

Release Date:

Dec 13, 2020

Runtime:

3hr 10m

Synopsis

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Cast

  • Topol
  • Norma Crane
  • Leonard Frey
  • Molly Picon
  • Paul Mann
  • Rosalind Harris
  • Michele Marsh
  • Neva Small
  • Paul Michael Glaser
  • Ray Lovelock

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Metacritic

67
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Based on 13 Critics
9.1

USER SCORE (8)

Universal acclaim based on 8 Reviews
88

Fiddler on the Roof is not a perfect motion picture - it is too long and there are times when it's obvious that the musical numbers have been pre-recorded then lip-synched - but it represents an enjoyable three hours.

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Metacritic review by James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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75

Would it be heresy on my part to suggest that Fiddler isn't much as a musical, and that director Norman Jewison has made as good a film as can be made from a story that is quite simply boring?

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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