Norman Jewison (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Jews-in-Russia family relationship religious persecution musical ("on the screen"; "To Life!"; "...a tradition"; "Screenplay by Joseph Stein adapted from this stage play"; "Adapted by Sholom Aleichem stories by special arrangement with Arnold Perl"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Topol (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Tevye), Norma Crane (as Golde), Leonard Frey (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Motel), Molly Picon (as Yente), Paul Mann (as Lazar Wolf), Rosalind Harris (as Tzeitel), Michele Marsh (as Hodel), Neva Small (as Chava), Paul Michael Glaser (as Perchik), and Tutte Lemkow (who is the fiddler as seen on the roof in the opening credits!)