The Devil's Arithmetic

6.8 1999 1h 35m Lithuania

TV Movie Drama Thriller Fantasy

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

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She saw the truth with her own eyes. An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

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Directors

Donna Deitch

Writers

Jane Yolen, Robert J. Avrech

Cast

Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Mantas Vaitiekūnas, Lilo Baur, Nitzan Sharron, Shelly Skandrani, Daniel Brocklebank, Caterina Scorsone, Kirsty McFarland, Rachel Roddy, Ieva Jackeviciute

Production

Lithuanian Film Studio, Punch Productions, Millbrook Farm Productions

Languages

English

Countries

Lithuania, United States of America