Not RatedThe Devil's Arithmetic

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Play Time: 95 mins
TV Movie, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
The Devil's Arithmetic

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.

Status: Released (1999-03-28)
Awards:3 wins & 6 nominations
Screen:Jane Yolen, Robert J. Avrech
Productions: Lithuanian Film Studio, Punch Productions, Millbrook Farm Productions
Production Countries: Lithuania, United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
The Devil's Arithmetic
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Previously I had really enjoyed Donna Deitch's earlier lesbian romance period piece, 'Desert Hearts', and I had found Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy amazing in 'Melancholia' and 'Sin City' respectively, but a TV-movie utilizing time-travel as a plot device for a spoiled Jewish tee ....

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