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Mood:
- CleverCaptivating
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Plot:
- Writer's LifeArtists and ShowbizProdigyMind and Soul
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Genres:
- IndependentDocumentary
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Archive Footage
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- Digital VideoPartly B&W
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, 2011
English
USA
Profile of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness can be described as clever and captivating. The plot revolves around the life of a writer, artists and showbiz, and a prodigy. The main genres are independent and documentary. In terms of style, it archive footage. In approach, it is serious and realistic. Visually, it involves digital video effects and is partly black and white. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 8 July 2011 |
| Runtime: | 93 min |
Cast and Crew
as Shayne Sheyndl
as Himself
as Menachem Mendl
as Himself
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