FrameThrower · Actors · Chaim Topol
Chaim Topol
3 films · 194 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1971–1981
Born 9 September 1935 · Tel Aviv, Israel · died 8 March 2023
Chaim Topol, 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.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 194 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1971–1981
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1965
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- Israel Prize2015
- Kinor David1964
- honorary doctorate of Haifa University
How their films are shot
Measured across 194 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chaim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Chaim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 194 frames from Chaim Topol's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.