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Overview

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Director:

Jeroen Krabbé

Writers:

Carl Friedman (novel)
Edwin de Vries (writer)

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Release Date:

30 March 1998 (Netherlands) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Against a background of holocaust memories, a liberal Jewish girl becomes the nanny to a retarded strict Jewish young boy, and grows fond of him. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

Interesting, with a few minor flaws more (27 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Laura Fraser ... Chaya Silberschmidt
Adam Monty ... Simcha Kalman

Isabella Rossellini ... Mrs. Kalman
Jeroen Krabbé ... Mr. Kalman
Topol ... Yacov Apfelschnitt (as Chaim Topol)
Marianne Sägebrecht ... Mrs. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Mother (as Marianne Saegebrecht)
Maximilian Schell ... Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father
David Bradley ... Concierge
Heather Weeks ... Sofie

Miriam Margolyes ... Mrs. Goldman
Lex Goudsmit ... Mr. Goldman
Krijn ter Braak ... Grandfather
Mieke Verheyden ... Grandmother (as Mieke Verheijden)
Noura Van der Berg ... Selma
Lana Broekaert ... Chaya (7 Years)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

2 koffers vol (Netherlands)
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Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color (Cinecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

CoBo Fonds more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Mrs. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Mother: It's not the luggage he lost in that filthy war, it was himself. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ausverkauft! (1999) more

Soundtrack:

Get out on the Road more


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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting, with a few minor flaws, 26 August 2001
Author: Enid-3 from Canada

This film has a most unusual setting, the Chassidic community of Antwerp, Belgium. The protagonist is a young Jewish (but non-observant) woman, who gets a job taking care of the children of a Chassidic family, and has a humanising effect on all, of them, including the imposing and forbidding father, albeit with an unfortunate side effect.

The film's title refers to a sub-plot, in which the protagonist's father digs holes in various spots around Antwerp, seeking for some trunks of personal effects he buried while fleeing from the Nazis.

After the film was over, I realized a few flaws in the plot (Unlike one of your other reviewers, I did not find the nude swimming scene unpleasant at all. It serves nicely to contrast the protagonist's lack of inhibition with the sexual prudery of the Chassidim.). For one thing, the concierge of the building in which the Chassidic family lives is an anti-Semite, who constantly harasses the family. He denies them access to the elevator, blocks the stairs and even injures one of the children. Yet nobody thinks of complaining the the building's owner about him.

Also, the name of the protagonist is Chaya. Yet it never occurs to her best friend, until it comes up in conversation, that she might be Jewish.

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