The Paper Brigade (2018)
Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by the Germans, are gathered in Vilnius to be classified, either to be stored or to be destroyed. A group of Jewish scholars and writers, commissioned by the invaders to carry out the sorting operations, but reluctant to collaborate and determined to save their legacy, hide many books in the ghetto where they are confined. This is the epic story of the Paper Brigade.
Director: Diane Perelsztejn
https://www.lesfilmsdelamemoire.be/en/films/the-paper-brigade
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Dominique Lévy as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Eva Mattes as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Samuel Bak as Self - Painter |
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Bernard Suchecky as Self - Historian |
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Yonat Rotbein as Self - Ruszka Korczak's Daughter |
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Youval Louria as Self - Z. Kalmanovich's Grandson |
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David E. Fishman as Self - Historian |
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Hadas Kalderon as Self - Actress |
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Liliana Cordova Kaczerginski as Self - Political Activist |
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Alexander Tamir as Self - Musician |
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Itzik N. Gottesman as Self - Yiddish Culture Scholar |
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Sam Norich as Self - Newspaper Publisher |
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Abraham Sutzkever as Self - Writer (archive footage) |
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Avram Zeleznikow as Self (archive footage) |
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Shmerke Kaczerginski as Self - Writer (archive footage) |
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Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich as Self - Yiddish Culture Scholar (archive footage) |
| Directing | Diane Perelsztejn | Director |
| Writing | Diane Perelsztejn | Writer |
| Writing | Bernard Suchecky | Writer |
| Crew | Bernard Suchecky | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Willy Perelsztejn | Producer |
| Production | Olivier Roncin | Producer |
| Camera | Didier Hill-Derive | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Philippe Vandendriessche | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Marguerite Le Bourgeois | Editor |
| Production | Emmanuel Leraille | Production Director |
| Production | Jean Dewailly | Production Assistant |
| Production | Levana Frenk | Researcher |
| Directing | Julija Matulyte | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Evaldas Černiauskas | Drone Cinematographer |
| Camera | Aleksey Zaitsevsky | Drone Cinematographer |
| Editing | Stéphan Higelin | Color Grading |
| Art | Stéphan Higelin | Graphic Designer |
| Production | Adrien Thyrion | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Pierre Bruyns | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Pierre Bruyns | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Sander Villers | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sander Villers | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Natascha Eeman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Natascha Eeman | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Doutrepont | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Willy Perelsztejn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Olivier Roncin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gaidig Lavanant | Executive Producer |
| Production | Adeline Pavageau | Production Manager |
| Production | Chloé Lucin | Production Assistant |