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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

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

2012-02-24 Documentary 1hr 33m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    2012-02-24
  • Revenue
    $845,188
  • Budget
    $500,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 33m
  • Genre
    Documentary, History
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
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Joseph Dorman
Director
Joseph Dorman
Writer
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