Left Luggage (1998)
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking.
Director: Jeroen Krabbé
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Laura Fraser as Chaya Silberschmidt |
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Adam Monty as Simcha Kalman |
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Isabella Rossellini as Mrs. Kalman |
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Jeroen Krabbé as Mr. Kalman |
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David Bradley as Concierge |
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Marianne Sägebrecht as Mrs. Silberschmidt |
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Maximilian Schell as Mr. Silberschmidt |
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Chaim Topol as Yacov Apfelschnitt |
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Heather Weeks as Sofie |
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Lex Goudsmit as Men. Goldman |
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Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Goldman |
| Directing | Jeroen Krabbé | Director |
| Editing | Edgar Burcksen | Editor |
| Writing | Carl Friedman | Novel |
| Writing | Edwin de Vries | Writer |
| Production | Ate de Jong | Producer |
| Production | Craig Haffner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dirk Impens | Producer |
| Production | Hans Pos | Producer |
| Production | Dave Schram | Producer |
| Production | Rudy Verzyck | Producer |
| Production | Brad Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Henny Vrienten | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Walther van den Ende | Director of Photography |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Art | Hemmo Sportel | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Corstens | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yan Tax | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Winnie Gallis | Hairstylist |
| Production | Edwin de Vries | Producer |
