Motel The Tailor Fiddler On The Roof

Fiddler on the roof 1971 leonard frey as motel.

Motel the tailor fiddler on the roof.

It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. The mother of motel the tailor. In the movie fiddler on the roof the fiddler has no name but if you read between the lines the fiddler represented the jewish culture or was the voice of the. My taste in men has been formed by men who have played will play or could play motel the tailor in fiddler on the roof motel the tailor is a type leonard frey the 1971 movie and adam kantor the most recent broadway revival are certainly motel the tailors but you don t need to have played motel the tailor to be a motel the tailor.

This performance landed him a nomination for a supporting actor oscar. Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. That s true reb tevye but even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness. Frey is probably best known for the role of motel the timid tailor in fiddler on the roof 1971.

Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. He continued to work on stage in films and on tv throughout the 1970s and 1980s but he never again attained the level of critical success he enjoyed in fiddler on the roof. Motel may be a poor tailor but in the end my dad recognised that even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness. It was actually quite a beautiful moment although my mum took some talking round later that was a bit of a nightmare actually but that s a whole other story.