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Theatrical Release Date:
08/05/2011
Run Time:
93min.
Starring:
Director(s):
Distributor(s):
International Film Circuit
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Documentary,Special Interest
Plot: Far from the folksy grandfather many people mistake him to be, Sholem Aleichem was a sophisticated modern writer and cosmopolitan intellectual, an artist the equal of Chekhov or Gogol or Isaac Babel. Read More
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Informative to a limited extient; not sufficient concetration on his life and family. A large chunk of the film is devoted to his characters and... r cultural influence. Full Review
August 17,2011
moimeme04
wow it was unexpected. A rich and interesting story of a great story teller.
August 06,2011
lanzel2
Great movie and story about one of the greatest writers in our past. Was engaginging during the entire movie ... Much more than a simple bio, it... ects SA to the history of the Easturn European Jews and their place in Czarist Russia at the turn of the 20th Century Full Review
August 01,2011
pbesmer
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