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The Devil's Arithmetic
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The Devil's Arithmetic

1999-03-28 · 95 min · ★ 6.8

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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Directors
Donna Deitch
Production companies
Lithuanian Film Studio, Punch Productions, Millbrook Farm Productions
Countries
Lithuania, United States of America
Status
Released

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Kirsten DunstKirsten DunstHannah Stern
Brittany MurphyBrittany MurphyRivkah
Paul FreemanPaul FreemanRabbi
Mimi RogersMimi RogersLeonore Stern
Louise FletcherLouise FletcherAunt Eva
Leonardas PobedonoscevasLeonardas PobedonoscevasIsaac
Mantas VaitiekūnasMantas VaitiekūnasVossel
Lilo BaurMina
Nitzan SharronNitzan SharronAriel
Shelly SkandraniShelly SkandraniLeah
Daniel BrocklebankDaniel BrocklebankShmuel
Kirsty McFarlandYetta
Rachel RoddyEsther
Ieva JackeviciuteMiriam
Philip RhamCommandant Krieger
Daniel RaschOfficer Steinbach
Polina SoloveicikSarah
Stewart BickBurton Stern
Rimantas BagdzeviciusRimantas BagdzeviciusPhotographer Mendel
Liubomiras LaucevičiusLiubomiras LaucevičiusDoctor Hauptman

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