In Search of Ladino (1981)

Original title

בעקבות הלאדינו

Directed by

David Perlov

Genre

documentary

Country

Israel

Runtime

50 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Ladino speaking people in Israel as they share their memories, stories and songs from their mother tongue. The filmmaker focuses on their faces and listens to their experiences, including testimony from Holocaust survivors.

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