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Broken Barriers (1919 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Broken Barriers', also known as 'Khava' (Yiddish: ) 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. 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
*List of rediscovered films
References
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