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.

• DirectorJoseph Dorman
• Release24 February 2012
• Genre
  Documentary / History
• Duration1h 33m
• Budget$500,000
• Revenue$845,188
• Rate
  

  6.2
  4 reviews
• Productions