Left Luggage

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Left Luggage is a 1998 drama film about a young secular Jewish woman who becomes a nanny for a deeply Orthodox Jewish family in 1970s Antwerp, exploring themes of identity, faith, and the legacy of the Holocaust.

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instanceOf drama film
film
awardReceived Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Audience Award
basedOn novel by Carl Friedman
castMember Adam Monty
Isabella Rossellini
Jeroen Krabbé
Laura Fraser
Miriam Karlin
Topol
character Chaja
Mr. Kalman
Mrs. Kalman
Simcha Kalman
cinematography Walther van den Ende
linked to: Walther Vanden Ende
countryOfOrigin Belgium
Netherlands
United Kingdom
director Jeroen Krabbé
distributor Universal Pictures (some territories)
linked to: Universal Pictures
editedBy Peter Jürgens
filmFestivalScreening Berlin International Film Festival
follows a young secular Jewish woman who becomes a nanny for an Orthodox Jewish family
genre drama film
hasTheme assimilation and tradition
conflict between secular and religious life
intergenerational trauma
post‑Holocaust European Jewry
mainSubject Holocaust legacy
Jewish identity
Orthodox Judaism
family relationships
musicBy Loek Dikker
narrativeLocation Jewish community in Antwerp
linked to: Belgian Jews
originalLanguage English
producer Jeroen Krabbé
publicationDate 1998
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Edith Hannah
Jeroen Krabbé
setInLocation Antwerp
setInPeriod 1970s

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Jeroen Krabbé directed Left Luggage