Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.
Gifts fiddler on the roof motel the tailor.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
That s true reb tevye but even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness.
This is leonard frey who played motel the tailor in norman jewison s 1971 film fiddler on the roof.
The mother of motel the tailor.
To prove himself as a worthy match he begins saving up for a sewing machine.
You are just a poor tailor.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
Leonard frey who played the role of motel the tailor in the 1971 movie fiddler on the roof after being featured in the broadway production has died of aids.
In the movie fiddler on the roof the fiddler has no name but if you read between the lines the fiddler represented the jewish culture or was the voice of.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 leonard frey as motel.
Motel is anatevka s young tailor who dreams of marrying the milkman s oldest daughter tzeitel.