Sholem Aleichem : laughing in the darkness /
A portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern Eu...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Filmakers Library : Riverside Films : New Video,
[2012]
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| Summary: | A portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century. Using a rich collection of archival footage, the film recreates a time in czarist Russia when Jews were second-class citizens and frequent scapegoats in times of social and political unrest. |
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| Item Description: | Special features: Making the film; on Sholem Aleichem. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| ISBN: | 9781463110703 1463110707 |