The Devil's Arithmetic

Mar 28, 1999

1h 35m

★ 6.8

She saw the truth with her own eyes.

Overview

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.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Thriller

Fantasy

Production Companies

Lithuanian Film Studio

Punch Productions

Millbrook Farm Productions

The Devil's Arithmetic Trailers

Cast

Hannah Stern

Kirsten Dunst

Rivkah

Brittany Murphy

Rabbi

Paul Freeman

Leonore Stern

Mimi Rogers

Aunt Eva

Louise Fletcher

Isaac

Leonardas Pobedonoscevas

Vossel

Mantas Vaitiekūnas

Mina

Lilo Baur

Ariel

Nitzan Sharron

Leah

Shelly Skandrani

Shmuel

Daniel Brocklebank

Jessica

Caterina Scorsone

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