undefined_peliplat
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem_peliplat
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem_peliplat

Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem (2014)

None | USA | English |
Directed by: John Lollos
7.5

Portraits of two beloved icons--Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel--are woven together in this enchanting new documentary. The two men have much in common: wit, wisdom and talent, all shot through with deep humanity and Yiddishkeit. Theodore Bikel, the unstoppable performer whose career spans more than 150 screen roles (including an Oscar-nominated turn in The Defiant Ones) and countless stage and musical productions, is also the foremost interpreter of Sholom Aleichem's work. Now 90, Bikel has played Tevye the Milkman on stage more than 2,000 times, and he has animated Aleichem's work through his creation of two celebrated musical plays about the great Russian author. The new film Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem combines Bikel's charismatic storytelling and masterful performances with a broader exploration of Aleichem's remarkable life and work. A pioneer of modern Jewish literature who championed and luxuriated in the Yiddish language, Sholom Aleichem created dozens of indelible characters. His Tevye the Milkman, Motl the Cantor's Son, and Menachem Mendl--"shtetl Jews" for whom humor and pathos were two sides of the same Yiddish coin--remain invaluable windows into pre-war Eastern European Jewish life, real and imagined.

Review
Rate
Watch
Add
Info mistake?
just for fixed width,It is an identification bit and cannot be deleted!!!!!
Release Date
USA
No data
2014
Poland
(Warsaw Jewish Film Festival)
2014-11-04
USA
(Virginia Film Festival)
2015-11-07
Show more
Also Known As (A.K.A.)
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
(Original title)
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
UK
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
USA
Parent Guide
Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated