The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

Jan 27, 2018

0h 19m

★ 7.0

Overview

When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HBO

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Cast

Self

Jack Feldman

Self

Elliott Saiontz

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