Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen

  • United States of America (USA)
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 88 min.
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Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen

  • United States of America (USA)
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 88 min.

Synopsis

The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler on the Roof," the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye’s daughters). The film explores how the experience of making "Fiddler” deepens Jewison as an artist and revives his soul.

Credits

Director(s)

Daniel Raim

Producer(s)

Daniel Raim, Sasha Berman

Co-Producer(s)

Michael Sragow

Executive Producer(s)

Matthew H. Bernstein

Editor

Daniel Raim

Original Music

Dave Lebolt

Original Language

English

Co-Writer

Daniel Raim, Michael Sragow

Narrator

Jeff Goldblum

  • WINNER

    Audience Award
    Australia Jewish Film Festival
    2022

Festival Highlights

Budapest Jewish Film Festival, Hungary , 2022

Geneva Jewish Film Festival, Switzerland , 2022

UK Jewish Film Festival, UK , 2022

Bucharest Jewish Film Festival, Romania , 2022

Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland , 2022

Australia Jewish Film Festival, Australia , 2022

Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel , 2022

Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland , 2022

Zagreb Jewish Film Festival- Festival of Tolerance, Croatia , 2022

Documentary Edge International Film Festival, New Zealand , Official Selection , 2022

Krakow International Film Festival, Poland , Official Selection , 2022

Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA , Official Selection , 2022

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  • As wondrous, buoyant and heartwarming as the film it celebrates!
    Los Angeles Times

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