Saved by Language

Saved by Language 2015 Directed by Bryan Kirschen , Susanna Zaraysky

Can a language save your life? Yes it can, even an ancient one from the 15th century. Saved by Language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew from Sarajevo (born 1930), who spoke Ladino/Judeo-Spanish, his mother tongue, to survive the Holocaust. Moris used Ladino to communicate with an Italian Colonel who helped him escape to a Partizan refuge after he ran away from the train taking Yugoslavian Jews to Nazi death camps. By speaking in Ladino to a Spanish-speaking US pilot in 1944 he was able to survive and lead the pilot, along with his American and British colleagues, to a safe Partizan airport.

Countries Bosnia and Herzegovina , USA

Production Countries Bosnia and Herzegovina , USA

Language English

Spoken Language Bosnian

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Saved by Language Productions

Budget $15,000

Release Date 15 January 2015

53 mins