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]

From Hell to Hell
DVD cover
Directed by	Dmitry Astrakhan
Written by	Artur Brauner Oleg Danilov
Produced by	Artur Brauner Tina Yashul
Starring	Valeria Valeeva Alla Kliouka Anja Kling
Cinematography	Yuri Vorontsov
Edited by	Vera Kolyadenko
Music by	Alexander Pantykin
Production company	Belarusfilm
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Belarus
Languages	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