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Broken Barriers (1919)

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.
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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.

Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Directed By:Charles E. Davenport
Written By:Sholom Aleichem, Nat Dorfman
In Theaters:1/1/1919
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Runtime:76 minutes
Studio:Zion Films, Inc.

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Charles E. Davenport

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Alice Hastings

Khavah

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Alexander Tenenholtz

Fedka

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Giacomo Masuroff

Tobias, Khavah's Father

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Billie Wilson

Khavah's Mother

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Sonia Radin

Parasha, Fedka's Mother

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Phil Sanford

Ivan, Fedka's Father

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Anna Kay

Khavah's Sister

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Raymond Friedgen

Fedka's Chum

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