Left Luggage
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking.
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Cast
11 people
Laura Fraser
Chaya Silberschmidt
Known for
Breaking Bad
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Adam Monty
Simcha Kalman
No other roles listed
Isabella Rossellini
Mrs. Kalman
Known for
Blue Velvet
The Odyssey
Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kalman
Known for
The Odyssey
The Fugitive
David Bradley
Concierge
Known for
The Strain
After Life
Marianne Sägebrecht
Mrs. Silberschmidt
Known for
Bagdad Cafe
The War of the Roses
Maximilian Schell
Mr. Silberschmidt
Known for
The Black Hole
Deep Impact
Chaim Topol
Yacov Apfelschnitt
Known for
For Your Eyes Only
Fiddler on the Roof
Heather Weeks
Sofie
Also in
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Angel
Lex Goudsmit
Men. Goldman
Also in
Q&Q
Frank and Eva
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Goldman
Known for
Babe
James and the Giant Peach
Jeroen Krabbé Director · Edwin de Vries Writer Carl Friedman Author
Worldwide gross $101K · First release March 30, 1998 · Produced in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$100,544
Production
Favourite Films NV
Production
Shooting Star Filmcompany
Production
Shooting Star Filmcompany BV
Production
Netherlands · United Kingdom · Belgium · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hebrew · Yiddish
Release dates
Netherlands · March 30, 1998
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 6, 2000 · Theatrical
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