Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
"Before there was Fiddler, there was Tevye... and the man who created him."
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Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 2012Details
A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Rachel Dratch , Hillel Halkin , Jason Kravits , Dan Miron , Peter Riegert , Alan Rosenberg , David Roskies , Ruth Wisse
- Director: Joseph Dorman
