Broken Barriers

Broken Barriers

1919
1h 16m
5.0

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Drama
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: YI

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Production Information

Production Companies
Zion Films
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

silent film ostracism religious persecution

Quick Facts

Original Title Khava
Release Date January 1, 1919
Status Released
Language YI
IMDb ID tt0187757
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Cast

Alice Hastings
Alice Hastings

Khavah

Alexander Tenenholtz
Alexander Tenenholtz

Fedka

Giacomo Masuroff
Giacomo Masuroff

Tobias, Khavah's Father

Billie Wilson
Billie Wilson

Khavah's Mother

Sonia Radin
Sonia Radin

Parasha, Fedka's Mother

Phil Sanford
Phil Sanford

Ivan, Fedka's Father

Anna Kay
Anna Kay

Khavah's Sister

Raymond Friedgen
Raymond Friedgen

Fedka's Chum

Key Crew

Charles E. Davenport
Director
Sholom Aleichem
Writer
Leopold Kehlmann
Producer
Meyer Kehlmann
Producer