The Devil's Arithmetic( 1999)

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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.

Top Billed 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
Kirsty McFarland
Yetta
Rachel Roddy
Esther
Ieva Jackeviciute
Miriam
Philip Rham
Commandant Krieger
Daniel Rasch
Officer Steinbach
Polina Soloveicik
Sarah
Stewart Bick
Burton Stern
Rimantas Bagdzevičius
Photographer Mendel
Liubomiras Laucevicius
Doctor Hauptman
Sonata Paliukaityte
Gertrud
Vaidotas Martinaitis
Hans
Gabija Grusaite
Girl
Dominika Lekaite
Girl
Rugile Sablinskaite
Girl
Laura Selmistraite
Girl
Inga Tuminiene
Ingrid
Nijolė Narmontaitė
Hedwig
Saulius Siparis
Clumsy Guard
Arvydas Dapšys
Efficient Guard
Lina Avizienis
Dorrie
Janina Matekonytė
Sophie
Vilija Ramanauskaitė
Lily
Robertas Urbonas
Recorder
Andrius Žebrauskas
Recorder
Algimantas Maceina
Guard
Vitalis Gruodis
Old Man on Crutch
Louis Negin
Uncle Morris
Myra Fooden
Aunt Ethel
Aron Tager
Uncle Abe
Roselle Stone
Aunt Fanny
Harvey Sokoloff
Cousin David
Hayley Hofbauer
Elana
David Felton
Jeremy
Abigail Plener
Leda
Ava Fitch
Aliza
Heather Bertram
Mary
Ace Daniels
Tattoo Artist
Dustin Hoffman
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)

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A review by talisencrw

Written by talisencrw on Mon Aug 08 2016

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 being an entirely different can of worms than ever I've been privy to watching. Even though personally I have as little to do with Jewish customs as lesbian issues, like Deitch's earlier work, I was able ...