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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)

Directed by Joseph Dorman

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.

Length 93 minutes

Actors

Rachel Dratch | Hillel Halkin | Jason Kravits | Dan Miron | Peter Riegert | Alan Rosenberg | David Roskies | Ruth Wisse