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Left Luggage

Play trailer Poster for Left Luggage 1998,  1h 40m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 46% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
46% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 88% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Set in Antwerp, Belgium in the early 70s, "Left Luggage" tells the story of Chaja (Laura Fraser), an impetuous, liberal-minded philosophy student. She has a complex relationship with her parents, who both survived the Nazi concentration camps. She needs money so she gets a job as a nanny for a Hasidic Jewish family whose world is completely alien to her liberated lifestyle. She becomes close to their son and through this relationship learns about the lives of her own parents.

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Xan Brooks Independent (UK) Mar 29, 2019
Fitful as drama, the film comes to life as a showcase for its high-profile performers. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times May 11, 2001
2/4
Left Luggage is one of those movies where the audience knows the message before the film begins and the characters are still learning it when the film ends. Go to Full Review
Amy Bracken Sparks Cleveland Free Times Oct 26, 2021
3.5/4
The film has glaring plot holes and quite a few missteps, though it never loses it enigmatic charm. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 17, 2005
1/5
Luke Y. Thompson New Times Feb 16, 2005
2/5
While it would be too much to ask for a movie about Holocaust survivors to actually be happy, Krabb is way too heavyhanded in trying for a tragic atmosphere Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jul 31, 2002
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Jeroen Krabbé

Director

Laura Fraser

Chaja

Isabella Rossellini

Mrs. Kalman

Maximilian Schell

Chaya's Father

Jeroen Krabbé

Mr. Kalman

Marianne Sägebrecht

Mrs. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Mother

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Left Luggage

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Movie Info

Synopsis Set in Antwerp, Belgium in the early 70s, "Left Luggage" tells the story of Chaja (Laura Fraser), an impetuous, liberal-minded philosophy student. She has a complex relationship with her parents, who both survived the Nazi concentration camps. She needs money so she gets a job as a nanny for a Hasidic Jewish family whose world is completely alien to her liberated lifestyle. She becomes close to their son and through this relationship learns about the lives of her own parents.
Director
Jeroen Krabbé
Producer
Ate de Jong, Hans Pos, Dave Schram
Screenwriter
Carl Friedman, Edwin de Vries
Distributor
Polygram, Castle Hill
Production Co
Greystone Films, Left Luggage BV
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 12, 1998, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.3M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
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