The Devil's Arithmetic

IMDb link: 0179148
IMDb rating: 6.3 (4,905 votes)
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, War
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Freeman, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers and others

Release date: 28 Mar 1999
Release year: 1999
Runtime: 95 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: passover, jewish, nazi, 1940s, teenage girl, wizard of oz, jewish family, holocaust, f rated, reference to the wizard of oz

Plot:

Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith, and customs of her relatives. But she begins to reevaluate her heritage during a supernatural experience of being transported back to a Nazi death camp in 1941 and meeting a young girl named Rivkah who is a fellow captive in the camp. As Hannah and Rivkah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

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