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  • Broken Barriers (1919)
  • 70 min | Drama
Broken Barriers (1919)
70 min | Drama
Earliest film adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye stories (the stories that became the primary source materials for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" decades later). This adaptation focuses on Tevye's 3rd daughter Chava (the one who ...See moreEarliest film adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye stories (the stories that became the primary source materials for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" decades later). This adaptation focuses on Tevye's 3rd daughter Chava (the one who married Fyedka-the-Russian). Source: Jan Lisa Huttner author of "Tevye's Daughters: No Laughing Matter" See less
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Writers
Sholom Aleichem (story "Tevye's Daughters") (as Shalom Aleichem) | Charles E. Davenport | Nat Dorfman (adaptation) (titles)
Cinematographers
Irving B. Ruby (as Irving Ruby) | Jack Young
Editor
Nat Dorfman
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Updated May 26, 1919
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May 26, 1919 (United States)

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8 cast members
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Alice Hastings
Khavah Khavah   See fewer
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Giacomo Masuroff
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Billie Wilson
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Sonia Radin
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Phil Sanford
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Anna Kay
Khavah's Sister Khavah's Sister   See fewer
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Raymond Friedgen
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