9: Film, Topol as Tevye in Norman Jewison's Fiddler on the Roof, 1971.

9: Film, Topol as Tevye in Norman Jewison's Fiddler on the Roof, 1971.

From resource kit: Tevye the Dairyman

The film version of Fiddler on the Roof starred the Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who had headlined as Tevye in the original London production of the musical. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Suggested activity: Have students watch the clip. Ask them: what has stayed the same and what has changed, from Mostel's presentation of Tevye to Topol’s?

Source: Topol in Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison (1971, United Artists;  2011, MGM), DVD.