Fiddler On The Roof To Life With Topol

In casting the 1971 film version of fiddler on the roof director norman jewison and his production team sought an actor other than zero mostel for the lead role.

Fiddler on the roof to life with topol. He wrote an autobiography titled chaim topol on topol and it was published in london and israel. He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981. He was nominated for a tony award in 1991 for his broadway role in fiddler but lost it to fellow actor jonathan pryce. This decision was a controversial one as mostel had made the role famous in the long running broadway musical and wanted to star in the film.

He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956. Chaim topol is an israeli actor who is best known for playing the character of tevye a dairyman in the musical comedy drama fiddler on the roof over 3 500 times on stage and screens in his career. Fiddler on the roof movie clips. It s a long film but topol who was quite young in real life and kinda hot is fantastic.

Topol did a tour about several years ago and the woman playing his wife was the tzeitel from the film. They have three children. Fiddler on the roof is by far my favorite musical and i think that this recording captures the essence of the show perfectly. He married actress galia topol in 1956 and they had three children together.

Zero mostel may not agree. Topol a man of many talents is not only a great actor but also a singer producer comedian voice artist and illustrator. Http j mp 1ltqrnx buy the movie. Fiddler on the roof.

But jewison and his team felt mostel would eclipse the character with his larger than life. Http j mp 1bl6etr don t miss the hottest new trailers. The movie was my first experience with the performance so i am quite biased towards this version compared to the original broadway show staring zero mostel. חיים טופול born september 9 1935 also spelled haym topol mononymously known as topol is an israeli theatrical film and television actor singer comedian voice artist film producer author and illustrator he is best known for his portrayal of tevye the dairyman in the musical fiddler on the roof on stage and screen a role he performed more than.