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The Paper Brigade

The Paper Brigade

MAR 15, 2018 · 60 MIN · DIR. DIANE PERELSZTEJN

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.

Cast

  • Dominique Lévy

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Eva Mattes

    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

Crew

Writer

Bernard Suchecky

Writer

Diane Perelsztejn

Director of Photography

Didier Hill-Derive

Editor

Marguerite Le Bourgeois

Producer

Olivier Roncin

Producer

Willy Perelsztejn