Broken Barriers (1919 film)
| Broken Barriers - A Love Drama of the Ukraine | |
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| Directed by | Charles E. Davenport |
| Produced by | Jules Burnstein |
| Distributed by | Zion Films Inc., Leopold Khelmann (father of Hannah) |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Yiddish Russian |
Broken Barriers, also known as Khava (Yiddish: חוה) is a 1919 American Yiddish silent film, based on author Sholem Aleichem's stock character Tevye the Dairyman.
Cast
- Alice Hastings – Khava (Chava)
- Alexander Tenenholtz – Fedka (Fyedka)
- Giacomo Masuroff – Tobias (Tevye)
- Billie Wilson – Khava's Mother (Golde)
- Sonia Radin – Parasha
- Ivan, Fedka's Father
- Hanna (Ganna Kehlmann) Kay – Khavah's Sister (Tzeitel)
- Raymond (John Raymond) Friedgen – Fedka's chum (friend)
Production
Release and restoration
Long thought to be a lost film, an original copy was donated to the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University for restoration by a descendant of one of the actors.[1] The same story was the basis of the 1964 stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and its 1971 film version, though the fate of Khava in the ending had been altered.
See also
References
- ^ "Broken Barriers (1919)". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
External links
- Broken Barriers at IMDb
- Thomas Pryor, A Ukrainian Village Is Erected on a Long Island Farm for a Yiddish Film Drama, The New York Times, July 30, 1939.