(Khava)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

76 minutes

Year:

1919

Directors:

Charles E. Davenport

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Production companies:

Zion Films

Actors:

Khavah

Fedka

Tobias, Khavah's Father

Khavah's Mother

Parasha, Fedka's Mother

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writers' Production

Cinematography

Cinematography