From Hell to Hell
From Hell to Hell (Belarusian: З пекла ў пекла; Russian: Из ада в ад, romanized: Iz ada v ad) is a 1997 Belarusian drama film about the Kielce pogrom directed by Dmitry Astrakhan.[1][2] The film was selected as the Belarusian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]
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| Directed by | Dmitry Astrakhan |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Tina Yashul |
| Written by | Artur Brauner Oleg Danilov |
| Starring | Valeria Valeeva Alla Kliouka Anja Kling |
| Music by | Alexander Pantykin |
| Cinematography | Yuri Vorontsov |
| Edited by | Vera Kolyadenko |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Belarus |
| Language | German Russian Yiddish |
Plot
In 1941, the Polish town Kielce is occupied by the Nazis. The main character, before being sent to a concentration camp, gives her daughter to a Polish family whose child has recently died. When the war has passed, the former prisoner returns to his hometown and wants his daughter returned, but she has grown up not knowing who her real parents were. Internal contradictions and deep spiritual experiences put the heroes in a cruel situation of choice.
Cast
- Valeria Valeeva as Fela
- Anja Kling as Helena Golde
- Gennadi Svir as Henryk Golde
- Alla Kliouka as Anna Sikorska
- Gennady Nazarov as Andrzej Sikorski
- Vladimir Kabalin as Bashnak
See also
- List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Belarusian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- Robert C. Reimer; Carol J. Reimer (12 April 2012). Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8108-7986-7.
- Lawrence Baron (2005). Projecting the Holocaust Into the Present: The Changing Focus of Contemporary Holocaust Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-7425-4333-1.
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.