Left Luggage
Left Luggage

Movie·1998·1h 40m

Left Luggage

Directed By

Jeroen Krabbé

Country

Netherlands

Language

Hebrew

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The Story

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.

Producer

Edwin de Vries, Ate de Jong

Cinematography

Walther van den Ende

Music

Henny Vrienten

Editor

Edgar Burcksen

Themes

jewish lifeholocaust (shoah) survivor

Production House

Favourite Films NV
Shooting Star Filmcompany

Audience Score

63%

31 votes

Skip13%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection21%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser

Chaya Silberschmidt

Adam Monty

Simcha Kalman

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Mrs. Kalman

Jeroen Krabbé

Jeroen Krabbé

Mr. Kalman

David Bradley

David Bradley

Concierge

Marianne Sägebrecht

Marianne Sägebrecht

Mrs. Silberschmidt

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Mr. Silberschmidt

Chaim Topol

Chaim Topol

Yacov Apfelschnitt

Heather Weeks

Heather Weeks

Sofie

Lex Goudsmit

Lex Goudsmit

Men. Goldman

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Goldman

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Crew

Jeroen Krabbé

Jeroen Krabbé

Director

Edgar Burcksen

Editor

Edwin de Vries

Edwin de Vries

Writer, Producer

Ate de Jong

Ate de Jong

Producer

Craig Haffner

Executive Producer

Dirk Impens

Producer

Hans Pos

Hans Pos

Producer

Dave Schram

Dave Schram

Producer

Rudy Verzyck

Producer

Brad Wilson

Executive Producer

Henny Vrienten

Henny Vrienten

Original Music Composer

Walther van den Ende

Director of Photography

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