Constable in fiddler on the roof the jews become victims of rising anti semitism in russia.
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The movie takes place in a small jewish village in russia.
Most simply it tells the story of an impoverished jewish milkman reb tevye whose daughters all find themselves married in nontraditional ways against the backdrop of growing social unrest that eventually forces them from their home.
Tevye and the jews live life to themselves with very little contact outside of the shtetl.
Fiddler on the roof is the tale of an underprivileged jewish milkman tevye in a czarist ruled russian shtetl settlement in 1905 who longs for a better life.
In the opening number tradition tevye the m.
Challenges the jews faced in fiddler on the roof.
There was a background of antisemitism going on at that time.
In the 1971 film adaptation of fiddler on the roof directed by norman jewison the theme of traditions is prominent.
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.
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A bird may love a fish and musical fans will love this adaptation of fiddler on the roof even if it isn t quite as transcendent as the long running stage.
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