6.0Broken Barriers · 1919
Broken Barriers (1919) is a Drama film directed by Charles E. Davenport, starring Alice Hastings, Alexander Tenenholtz, Giacomo Masuroff.
Drama
6.0Overview
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.
Cast
Alice Hastings, Alexander Tenenholtz, Giacomo Masuroff, Billie Wilson, Sonia Radin, Phil Sanford, Anna Kay, Raymond Friedgen
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What is "Broken Barriers" about?
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.
When was "Broken Barriers" released?
Broken Barriers was released in 1919.
Who stars in "Broken Barriers"?
The cast includes Alice Hastings, Alexander Tenenholtz, Giacomo Masuroff, Billie Wilson.
