Broken Barriers
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Broken Barriers

5.6 / 10 | 1h 10m | United States
1919 | Drama
This 1919 silent is the first American film based on the same Sholem Aleichem stories as Fiddler on the Roof, but produced 50 years before the blockbuster musical. Unlike most adaptations of Aleichem’s work, Broken Barriers (Khavah) focuses not on Tevye the milkman, but on his daughter Khavah, who falls in love with the gentile boy Fedka and must navigate the reverberations from this with both her community and her family.

Cast List (12)

Charles E. Davenport
Charles E. Davenport
Director
Billie Wilson
Billie Wilson
Khavah's Mother
Alice Hastings
Alice Hastings
Khavah
Anna Kay
Anna Kay
Khavah's Sister
Raymond Friedgen
Raymond Friedgen
Fedka's Chum
Giacomo Masuroff
Giacomo Masuroff
Tobias, Khavah's Father
Alexander Tenenholtz
Alexander Tenenholtz
Fedka
Sonia Radin
Sonia Radin
Parasha, Fedka's Mother
Phil Sanford
Phil Sanford
Ivan, Fedka's Father
Charles E. Davenport
Charles E. Davenport
Writer
Nat Dorfman
Nat Dorfman
Writer
Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem
Writer

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