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.
Directors: Bryan Kirschen, Susanna Zaraysky.
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Moris Albahari as |
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Ester Kaveson Debevec as |
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Jacob Finci as |
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David Kamhi as |
| Editing | Zeljko Svetinovic | Editor |
| Directing | Bryan Kirschen | Director |
| Camera | Zeljko Svetinovic | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Can Evrensel | Translator |
| Sound | Monserrat Franco | Music |
| Writing | Bryan Kirschen | Writer |
| Directing | Susanna Zaraysky | Director |
| Production | Bryan Kirschen | Producer |
| Production | Judy Chaikin | Consulting Producer |
| Writing | Susanna Zaraysky | Writer |
| Production | Susanna Zaraysky | Producer |
