Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
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.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 ... Read more
Starring Rachel Dratch, Hillel Halkin, Jason Kravits, Dan Miron, Peter Riegert, Alan Rosenberg, David Roskies, Ruth Wisse
It's a documentary and history movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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