Chaim Topol
Birthday: 1935-09-09
Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Israel
Biography: 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 more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chaim Topol, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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For Your Eyes Only
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find...
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Flash Gordon
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny ...
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Fiddler on the Roof
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing wor...
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El Dorado
Sherman, who is on trial for murder, is found not guilty thanks to reasonable doubt, however; having...
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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New ...
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Left Luggage
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his hea...
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Follow Me!
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited Ameri...
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Galileo
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and di...
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Before Winter Comes
Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual in...
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I Like Mike
This romantic drama directed by Peter Frye is about the son of a millionaire Jewish family living in...
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Cast a Giant Shadow
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is di...
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The Going Up of David Lev
A ten-year-old Israeli boy whose father died years earlier during the Six-Day-War is determined to f...
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Tel Katzir
A documentary produced by Histadrut about Kibbutz Tel Katzir. Although modest in size, Tel Katzir s...
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Roman Behemshechim
A highly successful lawyer realises, after a cardiac warning, that he may have squandered his life w...
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Bialik - King of the Jews
By the age of thirty he’d already become the most famous poet in the Jewish world. He spent very few...
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A Talent for Loving
This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch...
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Sallah
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make m...
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Ervinka
A good-natured but incorrigible layabout becomes embroiled in a plot to rob the Israeli lottery, all...
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The House on Garibaldi Street
When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they ...
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Life After Flash
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and ...
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creati...
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Norman Jewison, Film Maker
Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on ...
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Harry Saltzman: Showman
The story of Harry Saltzman, producer of the first James Bond movies....
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Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only"...
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The True Story of Palestine
Hundreds of hours of raw material shot by Nathan Axelrod, a pioneer of Israeli filmmaking before the...
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The Rooster
Sergeant Gidi Tsur (Topol) serves in the reserve in the Suez Canal. He goes on vacation and is suppo...
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