Saved by Language
7.8
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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Bryan Kirschen Director · Susanna Zaraysky Director Susanna Zaraysky Writer
Budget $15K · United States release January 15, 2015 · Produced in Bosnia & Herzegovina, United States
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$15,000
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Saved by Language Productions
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Bosnia & Herzegovina · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Bosnian
Release dates
United States · January 15, 2015
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