When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door intent on infiltrating their lives.
The Devil's Arithmetic
She saw the truth with her own eyes.
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.
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie, Thriller
Director: Donna Deitch
Tags: death, based on novel or book, woman director, rabbi, concentration camp
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About The Devil's Arithmetic
- Director
- Donna Deitch
- Cast
- Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Mantas Vaitiekūnas, Lilo Baur
- Writers
- Robert J. Avrech, Jane Yolen
- Release date
- 28/03/1999
- Rating
- PG
- Original language
- EN
- Country
- US