Left Luggage (1998)

Left Luggage (1998)

1998-03-30 Netherlands, United States of America, United Kingdom, Belgium 100 Min. PG-13
6.4 29 votes

Overview

Synopsis by theflixtor - While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking.

Cast

Laura Fraser is Chaya Silberschmidt
Chaya Silberschmidt
Adam Monty is Simcha Kalman
Simcha Kalman
Isabella Rossellini is Mrs. Kalman
Jeroen Krabbé is Mr. Kalman
Mr. Kalman
David Bradley is Concierge
Concierge
Marianne Sägebrecht is Mrs. Silberschmidt
Mrs. Silberschmidt
Maximilian Schell is Mr. Silberschmidt
Mr. Silberschmidt
Topol is Yacov Apfelschnitt
Yacov Apfelschnitt