January 29, 2026
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) – AFI Movie Club
Director – and AFI Honorary Degree recipient – Norman Jewison’s rousing film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) stars Topol as Tevye – a poor Jewish dairyman in Czarist Russia whose daughters wish to break with tradition by marrying for love rather than by arrangement. Scored by AFI Life Achievement...
November 28, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on May 25, 2021. Norman Jewison’s rousing film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF stars Topol as a poor, Jewish milkman in a village in Czarist Russia whose daughters wish to break with tradition by marrying for love rather than having their...
May 25, 2021
AFI Movie Club: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Norman Jewison’s rousing film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF stars Topol as a poor, Jewish milkman in a village in Czarist Russia whose daughters wish to break with tradition by marrying for love rather than having their marriages arranged by Yente, the town’s matchmaker. Scored by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree John...
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