Fiddler on the Roof — Lekenik’s Anatevka

In Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Turopoljska Street becomes part of Anatevka, the village where Tevye delivers milk, talks to his neighbours and tries to hold his family together. Lekenik supplied the wooden houses, fences and courtyards that can be recognised in the film.

This location includes the street, the surviving house and its courtyard. When comparing the place with the film, look at the surroundings too: the arrangement of the houses, timber façades and entrances beside the road. Set dressing changed the village’s appearance, while the real buildings remained part of the scenes. Decades later, the film crew of The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker returned to the same courtyard.

Directed by Norman Jewison and starring Topol as Tevye, the film won three Academy Awards and two Golden Globes. One Oscar went to John Williams for his musical adaptation, giving Lekenik a connection to one of cinema’s best-known musicals.