Saved by Language
2015•53m•Released
Documentary
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
Writer
Bryan Kirschen, Susanna Zaraysky
Budget
$0M
Languages
Bosnian
Studio
Saved by Language Productions
Cast
Moris Albahari
Ester Kaveson Debevec
Jacob Finci
David Kamhi
Production
Company
Saved by Language Productions
Producer
Bryan Kirschen
Producer
Susanna Zaraysky
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