Broken Barriers

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Broken Barriers

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.

Original Title

Khava

Release Date

1919-01-01

Year

1919

Duration

1h 16m

Status

Released

Score

6.00

Genres

Production

#silent-film#ostracism#religious-persecution

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