| 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. |
| Release Date: |
Jan 15, 2015 |
| Director: |
Bryan Kirschen,
Susanna Zaraysky
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| Writer: |
Bryan Kirschen,
Susanna Zaraysky
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| Genres: |
Documentary
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| Keywords |
yugoslavia,
holocaust (shoah),
world war ii,
partisan,
yugoslavian history,
jewish history,
bosnia,
jewish,
sarajevo,
sefarade,
ladino,
judeo espanol,
ladino language,
sephardic
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| Production Companies |
Saved by Language Productions
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $15,000
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| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: May 05, 2024
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