The Paper Brigade

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Audience Score
60
The Paper Brigade
NR 1 hrHistory, Documentary
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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
StarringDominique LévyEva MattesSamuel Bak
DirectorDiane Perelsztejn
WritersDiane PerelsztejnBernard Suchecky

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Executive Producers:Willy Perelsztejn, Olivier Roncin, Gaidig Lavanant
Production Companies:Les Films de la Mémoire Pois Chiche Films ARTE GEIE RTBF LRT
The Paper Brigade on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
world war iiholocaust (shoah)soviet unionpost world war iijew persecutionjewish cultureantisemitismjewish historyyiddish languagebook burning