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Fiddler on the Roof
1971
· Movie
· 181 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #747
- IMDb #373
- Google retired #494
- Rotten Tomatoes #932
- Metacritic #1255
- Letterboxd #364
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1977
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #328
- Metacritic Critics #1779
- Metacritic Audience #566
- Criticker #412
- Kinopoisk #532
- AlloCiné #1971
- Trakt #706
Every rating
66–94
out of 100
A poor Jewish milkman in a pre-revolutionary Russian village struggles to maintain his family's religious traditions in the face of a changing world. His three daughters each choose suitors that further challenge his customs, as outside political forces threaten the very existence of their community.
Details
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Writer
- Joseph Stein
- Released
- 3 November 1971
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Hebrew, Russian
- Runtime
- 181 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $83.3M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 13 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →5 major awards won · 9 wins from 22 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Music: Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Sound | Gordon K. McCallum and David Hildyard | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Chaim Topol | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Picture | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Director | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Actor | Chaim Topol | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Winner |
| Best Music: Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gordon K. McCallum and David Hildyard | Winner |
| Best Actor | Chaim Topol | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle and Michael Stringer ; Set Decoration: Peter Lamont | Nominee |
| Best Director | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Leonard Frey | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Chaim Topol | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Paul Mann | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Joseph Stein | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Oswald Morris | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Chaim Topol | Winner |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing – Dialogue | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film | Chaim Topol | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence | Nominee |
| Best Sound Track | Les Wiggins, David Hildyard, and Gordon K. McCallum | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best DVD Extras | Fiddler on the Roof (Collector's Edition) | Nominee |