Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011)
Before there was Fiddler, there was Tevye... and the man who created him.
93 min
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.
- Release date
- February 24, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- John Zorn
- Budget
- $500,000
- Box office
- $845,188
Cast
- Rachel Dratch as Shayne Sheyndl
- Hillel Halkin as Self
- Jason Kravits as Menachem Mendl
- Dan Miron as Self
- Peter Riegert as Tevye
- Alan Rosenberg as Narrator
- David Roskies as Self
- Ruth Wisse as Self
Crew
- Joseph Dorman · Director
- Joseph Dorman · Writer
- Joseph Dorman · Producer
- John Zorn · Composer
- Ed Marritz · Cinematographer
- Aaron Kuhn · Editor
- Kenneth Levis · Editor
- Amanda Zinoman · Editor