Brussels-Transit

Brussels-Transit 1982 Directed by Samy Szlingerbaum Bruxelles-transit

Samy Szlingerbaum made his film Dakh-Brisel (Brussels-Transit) in 1980, thirty years after any Yiddish feature film had been produced. Szlingerbaum felt that the only way he could relate the story of his family’s search for refuge after World War II was in Yiddish. This Belgian-based filmmaker, deeply impacted by New York experimental cinema, gives us a masterful blend of powerful drama and stark documentary to tell the story of postwar European Jewry. Home, as it had been, no longer exists, and all that Samy’s family wants is a place in which to sink new roots.

Countries Belgium , France

Production Countries Belgium , France

Language Yiddish

Spoken Languages French , Yiddish

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Paradise Films

Release Date 18 February 1982

82 mins