Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)

Directed by Joseph Dorman

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

Documentary, History · 1h 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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Cast

Rachel Dratch Shayne Sheyndl
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Hillel Halkin Himself Jason Kravits Menachem Mendi
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Dan Miron Himself Peter Riegert Tevye Alan Rosenberg Narrator
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David Roskies Himself
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Ruth Wisse Herself

Crew

Director
Joseph Dorman
Writer
Joseph Dorman
Director of Photography
Ed Marritz
Editor
Aaron Kuhn, Kenneth Levis, Amanda Zinoman

Details

Release date
2012-02-24
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Budget
$500,000
Box office
$845,188