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Broken Barriers (1919)

5.0/10 1h 16m Jan 01, 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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Khava
Original Language YI
Status Released
Popularity 2.5

Cast

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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
Popularity: 0.1
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Anna Kay
Khavah's Sister
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Raymond Friedgen
Fedka's Chum

Key Crew

Writer Sholom Aleichem
Director Charles E. Davenport
Producer Meyer Kehlmann, Leopold Kehlmann
Editor Nat Dorfman
Cinematography Irving B. Ruby, Jack Young

Production

Zion Films

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Keywords

silent film ostracism religious persecution

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Details
Release Date January 1, 1919
Runtime 1h 16m
Language YI
Status Released
Popularity 2.5
Links
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