Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness On Soap2Day. 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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: United States
- Director: Joseph Dorman
- Cast: Rachel Dratch, Hillel Halkin, Jason Kravits, Dan Miron, Peter Riegert, Alan Rosenberg, David Roskies, Ruth Wisse,