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. 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.
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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
Svetlana Kryuchkova as guard at a concentration camp