The Devil's Arithmetic

“She saw the truth with her own eyes.”

6.8(103)19991h 35m

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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.

Director

Donna Deitch

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Cast

Kirsten Dunst

Hannah Stern

Brittany Murphy

Rivkah

Paul Freeman

Rabbi

Mimi Rogers

Leonore Stern

Louise Fletcher

Aunt Eva

Leonardas Pobedonoscevas

Isaac

Mantas Vaitiekūnas

Vossel

Lilo Baur

Mina

Nitzan Sharron

Ariel

Shelly Skandrani

Leah

Daniel Brocklebank

Shmuel

Caterina Scorsone

Jessica

Reviews

1 review

talisencrw

9y ago

7.0

Previously I had really enjoyed Donna Deitch's earlier lesbian romance period piece, 'Desert Hearts', and I had found Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy amazing in 'Melancholia' and 'Sin City' respectively, but a TV-movie utilizing time-travel as a plot device for a spoiled Jewish teenager to come to grips with her heritage seemed quite a bold and intriguing cinematic experiment, not to mention bei...