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Fiddler on the Roof

...en klassiker och en fascinerande inblick i en, för många, främmande kultur och tradition...

...one of the few screen musicals of the last 30 years which actually works - largely thanks to its glimpse into a long-gone culture (...), combined with a memorable roster of tunes...

The story line of Fiddler, as everyone on Earth must know by now, involves the wise and good old Jewish peasant Tevye, who lives on a farm with his wife and children, including three daughters of marriageable age.

The film's strengths lie in the careful detailing of life in pre-Bolshevik Jewish Russia, and the often rough-hewn, open-air quality the film achieves.

By preserving the exoticism and making sure the audience left the theater humming, Jewison made a grubby, European-flavored movie that Yanks could embrace.