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Fiddler on the Roof. The musical comedy, for all its shmaltz, was great, and the film is a faithful transcription. Norman Jewison directs competently, Oswald Morris's photography is breathtaking, and Topol's Tevye-virile and touching. CHERI I THEATER...
Fiddler on the Roof. Topol's a fine Tevye, if that's your glass of tea. Cheri Complex...
Fiddler on the Roof. Topol's a fine Tevye, if that's your glass of tea. Cheri Complex...
...endless wedding celebration-are seemingly performed by one of those middle-European troupes Ed Sullivan used for cultural filler. Most sorely missed is the magisterial Zero Mostel in the role of Tevye, which he created on the stage. He has been replaced for unfathomable reasons by the Israeli star Topol, who labors under the handicap of having to project great amounts of charm and personality when he has none to spare. The credits for Fiddler list Norman Jewison as producer and director. On the basis of this and past efforts (The Thomas Crown Affair, Gaily Gaily), he might better...
There could be no better choice. Tevye is the very image of an impoverished Jewish father who makes his ragged clothes seem every bit as fair as Joseph's coat. After turning Before Winter Comes into a movie, Topol should find Fiddler a vacation...