Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

02/24/2012

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1hr 33min

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Documentary

,History

Before there was Fiddler, there was Tevye... and the man who created him.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Rachel Dratch
  • Hillel Halkin
  • Jason Kravits
  • Dan Miron
  • Peter Riegert

    Director

  • Joseph Dorman

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English