Broken Barriers (1919)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1919-01-01
Runtime: 76 minutes
Director: Charles E. Davenport
Top Cast
- Alice Hastings as Khavah
- Alexander Tenenholtz as Fedka
- Giacomo Masuroff as Tobias, Khavah's Father
- Billie Wilson as Khavah's Mother
- Sonia Radin as Parasha, Fedka's Mother
- Phil Sanford as Ivan, Fedka's Father
- Anna Kay as Khavah's Sister
- Raymond Friedgen as Fedka's Chum
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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