Left Luggage

1998

1h 40m

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6.2/10
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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.

Writers

Carl Friedman(novel by)
Edwin de Vries(writer by)
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Laura Fraser
Chaya Silberschmidt
Adam Monty
Simcha Kalman
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Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kalman
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David Bradley
Concierge
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Marianne Sägebrecht
Mrs. Silberschmidt
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Maximilian Schell
Mr. Silberschmidt
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Chaim Topol
Yacov Apfelschnitt

Writers

Carl Friedman(novel by)
Edwin de Vries(writer by)

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Details

Release date

March 30, 1998 (United States)

Country of origin

Netherlands

Languages

Hebrew
Yiddish
English

Production companies

Favourite Films NV
Shooting Star Filmcompany

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Box office

Budget

$0

Gross worldwide

$100,544

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