Saved by Language

Saved by Language

2015
53m
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Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $15,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Saved by Language Productions
Production Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina United States of America
Spoken Languages
Bosnian

Keywords

yugoslavia holocaust (shoah) world war ii partisan yugoslavian history jewish history bosnia jewish sarajevo sefarade ladino judeo espanol ladino language sephardic

Quick Facts

Release Date January 15, 2015
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt4505108

Cast

Moris Albahari
Moris Albahari

Ester Kaveson Debevec
Ester Kaveson Debevec

Jacob Finci
Jacob Finci

David Kamhi
David Kamhi

Key Crew

Bryan Kirschen
Director
Bryan Kirschen
Writer
Susanna Zaraysky
Director
Susanna Zaraysky
Writer
Bryan Kirschen
Producer
Susanna Zaraysky
Producer