Fiddler on the Roof - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Fiddler on the Roof"
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Timing:
3:1 (181 min)
7.699/10
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7.83/10
2010
2010
8/10
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Actors and characters
Paul Mann
Character Lazar Wolf
Rosalind Harris
Character Tzeitel
Michele Marsh
Character Hodel
Neva Small
Character Chava
Candy Bonstein
Character Bielke
Shimen Ruskin
Character Mordcha
Louis Zorich
Character Constable
Patience Collier
Character Grandma Tzeitel
Stella Courtney
Character Shandel
Jacob Kalich
Character Yankel
George Little
Character Hone
Stanley Fleet
Character Farcel
Arnold Diamond
Character Moishe
Marika Rivera
Character Rifka
Mark Malicz
Character Ezekial
Aharon Ipalé
Character Sheftel
Vladimir Medar
Character Priest
Sammy Bayes
Character Russian Dancer
Larry Bianco
Character Russian Dancer
Walter Cartier
Character Russian Dancer
Peter Johnston
Character Russian Dancer
Guy Lutman
Character Russian Dancer
Donald Maclennan
Character Russian Dancer
Rene Sartoris
Character Russian Dancer
Roy Durbin
Character Bottle Dancer
Ken Robson
Character Bottle Dancer
Bob Stevenson
Character Bottle Dancer
Lou Zamprogna
Character Bottle Dancer
Ivan Baptie
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Cyril Bass
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
Tanya Bayona
Character Dancer (uncredited)
C.C. Bilham
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
Ina Claire
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Claire
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Sarah Cohen
Character Bashe (uncredited)
Otto Diamant
Character Yussel (uncredited)
Harry Ditson
Character Leibesh (uncredited)
Jody Hall
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Judith Harte
Character Gnessi (uncredited)
A. Haverstock
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
Michael Ingleton
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Miki Iveria
Character Bess (uncredited)
Nigel Kingsley
Character (uncredited)
H. Krein
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
Hilda Kriseman
Character Zelda (uncredited)
Barry Lines
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Alfred Maron
Character Previous Rabbi (uncredited)
Albin Pahernik
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Joel Rudnick
Character Marcus (uncredited)
Adam Scott
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Petra Siniawski
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Sloman
Character Nechama (uncredited)
Karen Trent
Character Dancer (uncredited)
Kenneth Waller
Character (uncredited)
M. Winter
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
Leo Wright
Character Village Band Member (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The film unexpectedly became very popular in Japan, where the audience resonated with the theme of the destruction of a centuries-old way of life.
- Director Norman Jewison made Tutte Lemkov, who played the violinist, try seven different instruments until he found the one that suited him best.
- The film's title is taken from a painting by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) depicting a funeral and a man on a rooftop playing the violin.
- Several times throughout the film, people touch a box attached to the doorframe. Inside is a parchment scroll made from the skin of a kosher animal, containing a portion of the Shma prayer (a Jewish liturgical text consisting of four quotations from the Pentateuch; daily recitation of the prayer is prescribed as a commandment in Deuteronomy). Verses from the two parts of the Shma prayer (Deut. 6:4-9 and Deut. 11:13-21) are inscribed on the inside of the scroll. It is traditionally affixed to the doorpost in Jewish homes.
- Jewish customs and traditions are depicted in the film with particular care.
- The film crew traveled all over Europe in search of a filming location. Permission to film in the USSR was not granted (the film's action took place in pre-revolutionary Russia, in Ukraine, south of Kyiv), and the producers ultimately settled on Yugoslavia (now Croatia). Much of the villages there had been destroyed by 1919 during the Russian Civil War, and hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed and displaced.
- The first television broadcast in the United States attracted 40 million viewers.
- Marble dust was used to simulate snow.
- Hundreds of candles, not electric lighting, were used in the sunrise and sunset scenes.
- To ensure greater authenticity, the film's artist, Robert F. Boyle, studied the plans of a hundred synagogues that existed in Ukraine at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and then constructed the one that was filmed.
- Topol played the role of an old milkman aged 35.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
