Documentary ·History · United States of America · 2012 · 1h 33m

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness poster
Director
Joseph Dorman
Cast
Rachel Dratch as Shayne Sheyndl Hillel Halkin as Himself Jason Kravits as Menachem Mendi Dan Miron as Himself Peter Riegert as Tevye Alan Rosenberg as Narrator
Crew
Ed Marritz — Director of Photography Aaron Kuhn — Editor Kenneth Levis — Editor Amanda Zinoman — Editor Joseph Dorman — Writer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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