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The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

7.0201819mMovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorAmy Schatz
WriterDavid A. Adler
ProducersAmy Schatz·Sheila Nevins

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Cast · Directed by Amy Schatz

JF
Jack Feldman
Self
ES
Elliott Saiontz
Self

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