Fiddler on the Roof Documentary to Hit Movie Screens This Summer

Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the new documentary film Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles in theaters August 23.

Directed by Max Lewkowicz and written by Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas, the documentary explores the origin story of the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York.

Featured throughout the documentary are interviews with book writer Joseph Stein, lyricist Sheldon Harnick and producer Harold Prince, as well as original cast member Austin Pendleton, past Tevyes Chaim Topol, Harvey Fierstein, and Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish director Joel Grey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and authors Fran Lebowitz, Calvin Trillin, and Nathan Englander.

Watch the trailer below.