Saved by Language
201553m
Documentary
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Budget
- $15,000
- Origin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
About
Can a language save your life? Yes it can, even an ancient one from the 15th century. Saved by Language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew from Sarajevo (born 1930), who spoke Ladino/Judeo-Spanish, his mother tongue, to survive the Holocaust. Moris used Ladino to communicate with an Italian Colonel who helped him escape to a Partizan refuge after he ran away from the train taking Yugoslavian Jews to Nazi death camps. By speaking in Ladino to a Spanish-speaking US pilot in 1944 he was able to survive and lead the pilot, along with his American and British colleagues, to a safe Partizan airport.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Bryan Kirschen, Susanna Zaraysky
- Writing
- Susanna Zaraysky, Bryan Kirschen
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 15, 2015
- Budget
- $0.0M
- Studio
- Saved by Language Productions
Cast
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