MOVIE REVIEW

“Fiddler on the Roof” is one of those movies that you must see. The first time I ever saw it which was about 8 years ago I thought of it as silly movie which made no sense, but it is funny to say as I got older I started reminding myself about it ,and had the urge to watch it again, since then I think I have watched it over 60 times.
It is a story that is filled with emotions of hope, love, and acceptance.The film takes place around 1910 about a poor Jewish milkman called Tevye (played by TOPOL) who is living in a small village called Anatevka in Ukraine with his wife Golde (played by Norma Crane) and their five daughters.
In the begging you understand that the movie is a musical because Tevye bursts out into song, but a minute after, you start to understand the movie is based on tradition, and live life from “The Good Book” as Tevye would say.
One of the major traditions for Tevye and Golde is to follow the Jewish custom of getting married, which is a matchmaker comes to the house, find a match for your daughter, shows the match to the parents, and gets the approval form the father. But there’s a problem Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris) who is Tevye oldest daughter wants to forget about the tradition of matchmaking and choose her own husband. Tevye wants her to marry the wealthy butcher Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann), but Tzeitel wants to marry Motel (Leonard Frey) who is the village tailor and Tzeitel childhood sweetheart. At the end of their long argument Tevye gives in ,and approves the marriage. Thinking this will be the last time he will bend the rules of matchmaking Tevye second oldest daughter Hodel (Michele Marsh) falls in love with a young revolutionary, Perchik (Paul Michael), and his third daughter Chava (Neva Small), falls in love with a non-Jew by the name of Fyedka and runs away with him. By doing this Tevye is confused and doesn’t know what to do if he should except his daughter or not .
While Tevye is having problems at home with the family. Situation start occurring in the village, gangs starts vandalizing stores and disturbing the peace. Then word comes to the village on a group called the “Red Party” who is rising against Tsar.
Overall “Fiddler on the Roof” is not the perfect movie that was ever made of all time, but it’s a movie that has a lot of morals and family value.
Movie is in English

Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Sholom Aleichem
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Paul Michael Glaser, Ray Lovelock
Released: 1971