Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)

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

Run Time: 1h33m | Release: 24 Feb 2012

Genres: Documentary | History |

Budget: $500,000.00

Revenue: $845,188.00

Production Countries: United States of America

6.2 / 104 Vote Count

Overview:

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.