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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.

Directing:
  • Charles E. Davenport
Writing:
  • Nat Dorfman
  • Sholom Aleichem
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Jan 01, 1919

Rating: 5/10 by 1 users

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Country:
United States of America
Language:
No Language
Runtime: 01 hour 16 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: silent film, ostracism, religious persecution

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