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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

★ 6.2/10 · 5 votes 2012 1h 33m Released

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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.

Cast

Rachel Dratch Shayne Sheyndl H Hillel Halkin Himself Jason Kravits Menachem Mendi D Dan Miron Himself Peter Riegert Tevye Alan Rosenberg Narrator