The Devil's Arithmetic

"She saw the truth with her own eyes."

1999 1h 35m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 111★6.3IMDB · 4,604

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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.

“She saw the truth with her own eyes.”

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Cast

Kirsten Dunst
Hannah Stern
Brittany Murphy
Rivkah
Paul Freeman
Rabbi
Mimi Rogers
Leonore Stern
Louise Fletcher
Aunt Eva
Leonardas Pobedonoscevas
Isaac
Mantas Vaitiekūnas
Vossel
Lilo Baur
Mina

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Donna Deitch
Writers: Robert J. Avrech
Languages: English
Countries: Lithuania, United States of America

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Lithuania, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Donna Deitch, shot by Jacek Laskus. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robin Katz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy and Paul Freeman carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She saw the truth with her own eyes.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0179148 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Donna Deitch directs. Jacek Laskus behind the camera. Robin Katz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Lithuania, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Lithuania, United States of America.
3Directed by Donna Deitch, shot by Jacek Laskus. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Robin Katz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy and Paul Freeman carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "She saw the truth with her own eyes.".
7IMDB entry: tt0179148 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "based on novel or book", "nazi", "tradition", "concentration camp".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jacek Laskus
Editing: Robin Katz
Costume design: Alex Kavanagh
Makeup / hair: Jordan Samuel
Stunt coordinator: Giedrius Nagys
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 4,604 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

3 wins & 6 nominations

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talisencrw2016-08-08
★ 7/10
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 teenager to come to grips with her heritage seemed quite a bold and intriguing cinematic experiment, not to mention being an entirely different can of worms than ever I've been privy to watching. Even though personally I have as little to do with Jewish customs as lesbian issues, like Deitch's earlier work, I was able to appreciate it, though I still prefer her earlier film, if I was held at gunpoint and had to rank the two. It's a crying shame, looking at Deitch's IMDb page, that this talented San Francisco native, now 71, has been relegated to basically doing TV episodes since this came out.

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