Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Synopsis

The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye’s daughters). The film explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul.

Main Cast

Jeff Goldblum

Narrator

Age : 71 | Popularity : 37%

Norman Jewison

self

Age : 97 | Popularity : 3%

John Williams

self

Age : 92 | Popularity : 6%

Topol

self

Age : 88 | Popularity : 12%

Rosalind Harris

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Michele Marsh

self

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Neva Small

self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Robert F. Boyle

self

Age : 100 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Sinisa Kukic Wolf Austad
Directing	Director	Daniel Raim
Production	Producer	Daniel Raim Sasha Berman
	Co-Producer	Michael Sragow
Writing	Writer	Daniel Raim
	Co-Writer	Michael Sragow
Sound	Original Music Composer	Dave Lebolt
Department	Role	Name

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