Chaim Topol

Chaim Topol

September 9, 1935 · 91 years old

Chaim Topol (September 9, 1935 - March 8, 2023), often billed simply as Topol, was an Israeli theatrical and film performer, singer and illustrator. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role…

Known For

10 titles
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For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

1981 · 2h 7m · Movie

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

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Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

1980 · 1h 51m · Movie

Football player Flash Gordon and his comrades travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth from its eventual destruction.

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Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

1971 · 3h 1m · Movie

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

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Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966 · 2h 26m · Movie

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

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Life After Flash

Life After Flash

2017 · 1h 34m · Movie

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

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Galileo

Galileo

1975 · 2h 25m · Movie

This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicu...

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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 · 1h 37m · Movie

The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were ev...

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Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes

1969 · 1h 43m · Movie

After World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.

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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

2022 · 1h 28m · Movie

A documentary about the making of the musical film Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

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I Like Mike

I Like Mike

1961 · 2h 0m · Movie

An Israeli woman wants her daughter to marry Mike, the rich American son of an oil tycoon. However, she is already in love with a poor soldier, and Mike only has eyes for a Yemenite whose picture he sees in the paper.

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