Broken Barriers
1919, YI. Directed by Charles E. Davenport.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- YI
- Rated
- NR
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- Released
- 1 January 1919
- Original title
- Khava
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Sholom Aleichem
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Broken Barriers runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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Broken Barriers is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Broken Barriers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1919. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Broken Barriers?
Broken Barriers (1919) was directed by Charles E. Davenport and stars Alice Hastings, Alexander Tenenholtz, Giacomo Masuroff.