The Paper Brigade

Synopsis

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.

Cast

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Dominique Lévy

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eva Mattes

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Samuel Bak

Self - Painter

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Bernard Suchecky

Self - Historian

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Yonat Rotbein

Self - Ruszka Korczak's Daughter

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Youval Louria

Self - Z. Kalmanovich's Grandson

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David E. Fishman

Self - Historian

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Hadas Kalderon

Self - Actress

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Liliana Cordova Kaczerginski

Self - Political Activist

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Alexander Tamir

Self - Musician

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Itzik N. Gottesman

Self - Yiddish Culture Scholar

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Sam Norich

Self - Newspaper Publisher

Abraham Sutzkever

Self - Writer (archive footage)

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Avram Zeleznikow

Self (archive footage)

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Shmerke Kaczerginski

Self - Writer (archive footage)

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Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich

Self - Yiddish Culture Scholar (archive footage)

Crew

Art

• Stéphan Higelin Graphic Designer

Camera

• Didier Hill-Derive Director of Photography
• Evaldas Černiauskas Drone Cinematographer
• Aleksey Zaitsevsky Drone Cinematographer

Crew

• Bernard Suchecky Technical Advisor

Directing

• Diane Perelsztejn Director
• Julija Matulyte Assistant Director

Editing

• Marguerite Le Bourgeois Editor
• Stéphan Higelin Color Grading

Production

• Willy Perelsztejn Producer
• Olivier Roncin Producer
• Emmanuel Leraille Production Director
• Jean Dewailly Production Assistant
• Levana Frenk Researcher
• Adrien Thyrion Post Production Coordinator
• Willy Perelsztejn Executive Producer
• Olivier Roncin Executive Producer
• Gaidig Lavanant Executive Producer
• Adeline Pavageau Production Manager
• Chloé Lucin Production Assistant

Sound

• Philippe Vandendriessche Sound Engineer
• Pierre Bruyns Sound Editor
• Pierre Bruyns Sound Mixer
• Sander Villers Sound Editor
• Sander Villers Sound Mixer
• Natascha Eeman Sound Editor
• Natascha Eeman Sound Mixer
• Marc Doutrepont Music Supervisor

Writing

• Diane Perelsztejn Writer
• Bernard Suchecky Writer