Broken Barriers

Broken Barriers

5 | 1919-01-01 | 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.

Featured Crew

Charles E. Davenport Director
Sholom Aleichem Writer
Nat Dorfman Writers' Production
Irving B. Ruby Cinematography
Jack Young Cinematography
Nat Dorfman Editor
Raymond Friedgen Second Unit Director of Photography
Leopold Kehlmann Producer
Meyer Kehlmann Producer

Cast

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

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