"To Life!"

1971

3h 1m

7.7(669 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.

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10 featured cast members

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Chaim Topol

Tevye

Norma Crane

Golde

Leonard Frey

Motel

Molly Picon

Yente

Paul Mann

Lazar Wolf

Rosalind Harris

Tzeitel

Michele Marsh

Hodel

Neva Small

Chava

Paul Michael Glaser

Perchik

Ray Lovelock

Fyedka

Creative team

Directed by: Norman Jewison
Written by: Joseph Stein
Produced by: Norman Jewison

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