United States / Jan 19, 2020 / NR / Premiere of Restoration
1h 16min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Raymond Friedgen | Fedka's Chum |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Khava |
| Original language | YI |
| Spoken languages | No Language |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Zion Films |
| Official site | jewishfilm.org |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1919 |
| Production | Meyer Kehlmann, Leopold Kehlmann |
| Writer | Sholom Aleichem, Nat Dorfman |
| Editing | Nat Dorfman |
| Cinematography | Irving B. Ruby, Jack Young, Raymond Friedgen |
| Assistant directors | Charles E. Davenport |
| Additional directing | Raymond Friedgen |
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| Camera operators | Raymond Friedgen |
| Additional photography | Raymond Friedgen |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
United States / Jan 01, 1919 / NR
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