Saved by Language (2015)
Saved by Language (2015)
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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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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Genres: Documentary

Language: Bosanski

Release Date: 15 January 2015

Country: BA, US

Runtime: 53m

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Company: Saved by Language Productions

Budget: $15,000

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Judy Chaikin

Judy Chaikin

Consulting Producer

Susanna Zaraysky

Susanna Zaraysky

Producer

Bryan Kirschen

Bryan Kirschen

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Zeljko Svetinovic

Zeljko Svetinovic

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Can Evrensel

Can Evrensel

Translator

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