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Film / 1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
Directed by
Donna Deitch
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.
The story
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 DunstHannah Stern
Brittany MurphyRivkah
Paul FreemanRabbi
Mimi RogersLeonore Stern
Louise FletcherAunt Eva
Leonardas PobedonoscevasIsaac
Mantas VaitiekūnasVossel
Lilo BaurMina
Nitzan SharronAriel
Shelly SkandraniLeah
Daniel BrocklebankShmuel
Kirsty McFarlandYetta
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Rachel RoddyEsther
Ieva JackeviciuteMiriam
Philip RhamCommandant Krieger
Daniel RaschOfficer Steinbach
Polina SoloveicikSarah
Stewart BickBurton Stern
Rimantas BagdzeviciusPhotographer Mendel
Liubomiras LaucevičiusDoctor Hauptman
Sonata PaliukaityteGertrud
Vaidotas MartinaitisHans
Gabija GrusaiteGirl
Dominika LekaiteGirl
Rugile SablinskaiteGirl
Laura SelmistraiteGirl
Inga TuminieneIngrid
Nijolė NarmontaitėHedwig
Saulius SiparisClumsy Guard
Arvydas DapšysEfficient Guard
Lina AvizienisDorrie
Vilija RamanauskaiteLily
Robertas UrbonasRecorder
Andrius ŽebrauskasRecorder
Algimantas MaceinaGuard
Vitalis GruodisOld Man on Crutch
Louis NeginUncle Morris
Myra FoodenAunt Ethel
Aron TagerUncle Abe
Roselle StoneAunt Fanny
Harvey SokoloffCousin David
Hayley HofbauerElana
David FeltonJeremy
Abigail PlenerLeda
Ava FitchAliza
Heather BertramMary
Ace DanielsTattoo Artist
Dustin HoffmanSelf (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
Janina MatiekonytėSophie
Caterina ScorsoneJessica
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