The Paper Brigade
2018•1h 0m•6.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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
Writer
Diane Perelsztejn, Bernard Suchecky
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
Les Films de la Mémoire
Cast
Dominique Lévy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eva Mattes
Self - Narrator (voice)
Samuel Bak
Self - Painter
Bernard Suchecky
Self - Historian
Yonat Rotbein
Self - Ruszka Korczak's Daughter
Youval Louria
Self - Z. Kalmanovich's Grandson
David E. Fishman
Self - Historian
Hadas Kalderon
Self - Actress
Liliana Cordova Kaczerginski
Self - Political Activist
Alexander Tamir
Self - Musician
Itzik N. Gottesman
Self - Yiddish Culture Scholar
Sam Norich
Self - Newspaper Publisher
Abraham Sutzkever
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Avram Zeleznikow
Self (archive footage)
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Production
Company
Les Films de la Mémoire
Company
Pois Chiche Films
Company
ARTE GEIE
Company
RTBF
Company
LRT
Producer
Willy Perelsztejn
Producer
Olivier Roncin
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