Saved by Language (2015)
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Saved by Language (Original Title)
StoryLine
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.
Details
Genres: DocumentaryOriginal Language: enRelease Date: 15/01/2015Budget: $15,000 (estimated)Companies: Saved by Language ProductionsRun Time: 53 minPopularity: 0.853Spoken Languages: BosanskiStatus: Released