The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

19m
Documentary
7

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.

Cast

Jack Feldman
Self
Elliott Saiontz
Self

Crew

Amy Schatz
Director, Producer
David A. Adler
Writer
Tom Patterson
Editor
Alex Rappoport
Director of Photography
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Lynn Sadofsky
Producer
Alexandra Pitz
Associate Producer
Keith Kenniff
Original Music Composer

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