DVD

Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison ; adapted for the screen by Tom Abbott.

Stein, Joseph. (Added Author). Jewison, Norman, 1926- (Added Author). Abbott, Tommy. (Added Author). Topol, 1935- (Added Author). Crane, Norma, 1931-1973 (Added Author). Frey, Leonard, 1938-1988 (Added Author). Picon, Molly. (Added Author). Mann, Paul, 1915-1985 (Added Author). Morris, Oswald, 1915- (Added Author). Bock, Jerry. (Added Author). Harnick, Sheldon. (Added Author). Williams, John, 1932- (Added Author). Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 (Added Author). Perl, Arnold. (Added Author). Mirisch Production Company. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer : [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, Oswald Morris ; music for stage play and film, Jerry Bock ; lyrics for stage play and film, Sheldon Harnick ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams ; original choreography, Jerome Robbins ; adapted for the screen, Tom Abbott. Originally produced for the New York stage by Harold Prince ; entire stage production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; based on the stage play "Fiddler on the roof" ; adapted from Sholom Aleichem ; stories by special arrangement with Arnold Perl.
Participant or Performer Note:	Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mono, dual layer.
Language Note:	English (Dolby 5.1), English (mono.), French (mono.) or Spanish (mono.) dialogue, optional Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.