The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

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6.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Donna Deitch

Starring (View all)

Kirsten Dunst
Hannah Stern

Brittany Murphy
Rivkah

Paul Freeman
Rabbi

Mimi Rogers
Leonore Stern

Louise Fletcher
Aunt Eva

Lilo Baur
Mina

Shelly Skandrani
Leah

Daniel Brocklebank
Shmuel

Written by

Jane Yolen
(novel)

Robert J. Avrech
(teleplay)

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When Hannah Stern, a 13 year-old girl neglectful to her Jewish heritage and "tired of remembering," goes to open the door to the prophet Elijha during the Seder she finds herself in 1940s Poland. After being sent to a Nazi concentration camp she must use her knowledge of the future to survive the past and learn something about the importance of remembering.

Release date: 28 March 1999
UPC: 758445305821

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