The Devil's Arthmetic Movie Review 1999

Modern teen Hannah Stern (Dunst) is indifferent to her Jewish faith and reluctant to attend her Aunt Eva's (Fletcher) Passover seder. After getting drunk, she passes out and is mysteriously transported to Poland in 1941, where she and her cousin Rivkah (Murphy) are imprisoned in a concentration camp and Hannah gets a first-hand look at faith and oppression. Pic doesn't play down the Nazi horrors and may not be suitable for the very young. Adapted from Jane Yolen's novel.

Distribution

Showtime Networks, Inc., 5120 E. La Palma, No. 103, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807, Email: customerservice@sho.com, URL: http://www.SHO.com

Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Time Travel, The Holocaust, Concentration/Internment Camps, Judaism, Teen Angst

Screenplay

Robert J. Avrech

Cast

Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers

Cinematography

Jacek Laskus

Director

Donna Deitch

Music

Frederic Talgorn