The Devil's Arithmetic (film)
| The Devil's Arithmetic | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Donna Deitch |
| Written by | Jane Yolen (novel) Robert J. Avrech (teleplay) |
| Produced by | Lee Gottsegen Tom Kuhn Murray Schisgal Fred Weintraub |
| Starring | Kirsten Dunst Brittany Murphy Louise Fletcher Mimi Rogers |
| Music by | Frédéric Talgorn |
| Distributed by | Showtime Networks Inc. |
Release date | March 28, 1999 |
Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | English |
The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1999 TV movie based on the historical novel of the same name by Jane Yolen. It stars Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern and costars Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher and Mimi Rogers.
Plot synopsis
Jewish-American teen Hannah Stern (Kirsten Dunst) isn't much interested in her family's religious tradition. But her blasé attitude changes radically when she's suddenly transported back to a 1941 Nazi death camp, where Hannah learns firsthand the horrors of The Holocaust and the price her family and other Jews paid because of their heritage.
Cast
- Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern
- Brittany Murphy as Rivkah
- Paul Freeman as Rabbi
- Mimi Rogers as Leonore Stern
- Louise Fletcher as Aunt Eva
- Lilo Baur as Mina
- Nitzan Sharron as Ariel
- Shelly Skandrani as Leah
- Daniel Brocklebank as Shmuel
- Kirsty McFarland as Yetta
- Rachel Roddy as Esther
- Ieva Jackeviciute as Miriam
- Philip Rham as Commandant Krieger
- Daniel Rausch as Officer Steinbach
- Polina Soloveicik as Sarah