Documentary ·History · Belgium · 2018 · 1h 0m

The Paper Brigade

La Brigade des papiers

Director

Cast

Dominique Lévy as Self - Narrator (voice) Eva Mattes as Self - Narrator (voice) Samuel Bak as Self - Painter Bernard Suchecky as Self - Historian Yonat Rotbein as Self - Ruszka Korczak's Daughter Youval Louria as Self - Z. Kalmanovich's Grandson

Crew

Didier Hill-Derive — Director of Photography Marguerite Le Bourgeois — Editor Bernard Suchecky — Writer Diane Perelsztejn — Writer Olivier Roncin — Producer Willy Perelsztejn — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

holocaust (shoah)world war ii jew persecution soviet union book burning antisemitism post world war ii jewish culture yiddish language jewish history vilnius, lithuania

Key Collaborators

Diane Perelsztejn Director Didier Hill-Derive Director of Photography Marguerite Le Bourgeois Editor Bernard Suchecky Writer Diane Perelsztejn Writer Olivier Roncin Producer Willy Perelsztejn Producer

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