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Fiddler on the Roof

Rating:G
Genre:Family, Musical
Release Date:November 3, 1971
Running time:201 minutes
Cast:Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann
Director:Norman Jewison
Producer:Norman Jewison
Writer:Sholom Aleichem, Joseph Stein
Distributor:United Artists

Description: In a Tsarist Russia, Jewish peasant Tevye faces upheaval when his traditions are challanged: Within his family when his daughters rebel against marrying men chosen by the matchmaker and on a national level when the Jews are threatened by pogroms and the looming revolution.

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