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The Devil's Arithmetic

1999 · 95 min

A sobering, earnest plunge into Holocaust horror that earns its emotional weight through a young girl's awakening, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Donna Deitch
Genres
Tv movie, Drama, Thriller
Tagline
She saw the truth with her own eyes.
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.

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Directed by
Donna Deitch
Genres
Tv movie, Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • memory
  • survival
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Genres
tv movie, drama, thriller, fantasy
Directed by
Donna Deitch
Written by
Robert J. Avrech
Starring
Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Mantas Vaitiekūnas, Lilo Baur
Cinematography
Jacek Laskus
Runtime
95 min
Country
Lithuania, United States of America
Languages
English

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