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.
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
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