''Broken Barriers'', also known as ''Khava'' (Yiddish: חוה) is a 1919 American
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
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.
The same story was the basis of the 1964 stage musical ''
Fiddler on the Roof
''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...
'' and
its 1971 film version, though the fate of Khava in the ending had been altered.
See also
*
List of rediscovered films
References
External links
*
* Thomas Pryor,
A Ukrainian Village Is Erected on a Long Island Farm for a Yiddish Film Drama', ''
The New York Times'', July 30, 1939.
1919 films
Silent films
1919 drama films
American black-and-white films
Films about Jews and Judaism
Films based on short fiction
Yiddish-language films
1910s rediscovered films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
1910s Russian-language films
Rediscovered American films
1910s American films
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