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Broken Barriers

Charles E. Davenport

1919 • 1h 16m

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’...

Broken Barriers

Cast

Alice HastingsKhavah

Alexander TenenholtzFedka

Giacomo MasuroffTobias, Khavah's Father

Billie WilsonKhavah's Mother

Sonia RadinParasha, Fedka's Mother

Phil SanfordIvan, Fedka's Father

Anna KayKhavah's Sister

Raymond FriedgenFedka's Chum

Crew

Sholom Aleichem

Sholom AleichemWriter

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