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Left Luggage
Quick Facts
DirectorJeroen Krabbé
Runtime1h 40m · 15+
GenresDrama
Release1998-03-30
Film

Left Luggage

1998· 15+· 1h 40m· Drama

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.

1998-03-30
Left Luggage

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Chai Flicks

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Key Crew
ProducerAte de Jong
Director of PhotographyWalther van den Ende
Original Music ComposerHenny Vrienten
Full cast & crew (11 cast · 19 crew)

Details

Released1998-03-30
Runtime1h 40m · 15+
StatusReleased
StudiosFavourite Films NV · Shooting Star Filmcompany
Box office$100,544
LanguagesHebrew · Yiddish · English
CountriesNetherlands · United Kingdom · Belgium
Rating6.3/10 · 31 votes
Original languageen

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