Saved by Language
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.
Director: Bryan Kirschen
Cast
Moris Albahari
Ester Kaveson Debevec
Jacob Finci
David Kamhi
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Jan 15, 2015
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studios
- Saved by Language Productions
- Director
- Bryan Kirschen