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The Paper Brigade (2018)

Original title: La Brigade des papiers

2018-03-15 · 1h 0m · FR
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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.

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Bernard SucheckyWriterDiane PerelsztejnDirector, Writer

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Dominique LévyDominique LévySelf - Narrator (voice)Eva MattesEva MattesSelf - Narrator (voice)Samuel BakSamuel BakSelf - PainterBernard SucheckyBernard SucheckySelf - HistorianYonat RotbeinYonat RotbeinSelf - Ruszka Korczak's DaughterYouval LouriaYouval LouriaSelf - Z. Kalmanovich's GrandsonDavid E. FishmanDavid E. FishmanSelf - HistorianHadas KalderonHadas KalderonSelf - ActressLiliana Cordova KaczerginskiLiliana Cordova KaczerginskiSelf - Political ActivistAlexander TamirAlexander TamirSelf - MusicianItzik N. GottesmanItzik N. GottesmanSelf - Yiddish Culture ScholarSam NorichSam NorichSelf - Newspaper Publisher

Keywords

World war iiYiddish languagePost world war iiJew persecutionSoviet unionHolocaust (shoah)Jewish historyBook burningJewish cultureAntisemitismVilnius, lithuania

Movie DNA

Genre affinityHistory · DocumentaryTheme affinityWorld War Ii · Yiddish Language · Post World War IiPacingShortEmotional intensityWorld War Ii · Post World War IiDirector preference1020639Actor preference142697 · 904669 · 1020623

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What is The Paper Brigade about?

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.

How long is The Paper Brigade?

The Paper Brigade has a runtime of 60 minutes.