The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

She saw the truth with her own eyes.

Donna Deitch
1h 35m
March 28, 1999 · Lithuania, United States of America

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 28, 1999
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Lithuania, United States of America
Production: Millbrook Farm Productions,Punch Productions,Lithuanian Film Studio
Cast: Mantas Vaitiekūnas,Ace Daniels,Daniel Rasch,Philip Rham,Vilija Ramanauskaite,Stewart Bick,Dominika Lekaite,Algimantas Maceina,Lilo Baur,Vitalis Gruodisand 39 more
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: Jane Yolen,Robert J. Avrech
Producer: Jay Cohen,Chris Ciaffa,Murray Schisgal,Dustin Hoffman,Mimi Rogers,Lee Gottsegen
Cinematography: Jacek Laskus
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: View on IMDb