
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness
2012 · Movie · 1h 33m
DocumentaryHistory
"Before there was Fiddler, there was Tevye... and the man who created him."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
77/100
Key crew
- Joseph DormanDirector
- Joseph DormanWriter
Cast
- Rachel DratchShayne Sheyndl
- Hillel HalkinHimself
- Jason KravitsMenachem Mendi
- Dan MironHimself
- Peter RiegertTevye
- Alan RosenbergNarrator
- David RoskiesHimself
- Ruth WisseHerself
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