The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
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.
- Released
- 1999-03-28
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Donna Deitch
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 111 votes
Cast
- Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern
- Brittany Murphy as Rivkah
- Paul Freeman as Rabbi
- Mimi Rogers as Leonore Stern
- Louise Fletcher as Aunt Eva
- Leonardas Pobedonoscevas as Isaac
- Mantas Vaitiekūnas as Vossel
- Lilo Baur as Mina
- Nitzan Sharron as Ariel
- Shelly Skandrani as Leah
- Daniel Brocklebank as Shmuel
- Kirsty McFarland as Yetta