Fiddler on the roof movie clips. Http j mp 1bl6etr don t miss the hottest new trailers. Scene by scene based on the stories of sholom aleichem fiddler on the roof is the story of the jewish people s forefathers and foremothers on the brink of change in anatevka a village in russia in 1905 it was first presented at the imperial theater in new york city on september 22 1965.