Broken Barriers (1919)
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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Cast

Alice Hastings Alice Hastings As: Khavah
Alexander Tenenholtz Alexander Tenenholtz As: Fedka
Giacomo Masuroff Giacomo Masuroff As: Tobias, Khavah's Father
Billie Wilson Billie Wilson As: Khavah's Mother
Sonia Radin Sonia Radin As: Parasha, Fedka's Mother
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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.


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Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: No Language

Release Date: 01 January 1919

Country: US

Runtime: 76m

Company Credits

Company: Zion Films

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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

Directed By

Writing Credits

Sholom Aleichem

Sholom Aleichem

Writer

Nat Dorfman

Nat Dorfman

Writers' Production

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

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Visual Effects

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Camera

Raymond Friedgen

Raymond Friedgen

Second Unit Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

Irving B. Ruby

Irving B. Ruby

Cinematography

Jack Young

Jack Young

Cinematography

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