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The Devil's Arithmetic

  • TV Movie
  • 19991999
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.1K
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POPULARITY
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Kirsten Dunst in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
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A 16-year-old American girl with an apathetic view towards her Jewish family history finds herself pulled through time into 1941 to a small Polish village where the Nazis have just begun the... Read allA 16-year-old American girl with an apathetic view towards her Jewish family history finds herself pulled through time into 1941 to a small Polish village where the Nazis have just begun their genocidal propaganda.A 16-year-old American girl with an apathetic view towards her Jewish family history finds herself pulled through time into 1941 to a small Polish village where the Nazis have just begun their genocidal propaganda.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,691
39
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    • Director
      • Donna Deitch
    • Writers
      • Jane Yolen(novel)
      • Robert J. Avrech(teleplay)
    • Stars
      • Kirsten Dunst
      • Brittany Murphy
      • Paul Freeman
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Donna Deitch
    • Writers
      • Jane Yolen(novel)
      • Robert J. Avrech(teleplay)
    • Stars
      • Kirsten Dunst
      • Brittany Murphy
      • Paul Freeman
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    • 66User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations

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    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Polina Soloveicik in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
    Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

    Top cast

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    Kirsten Dunst
    Kirsten Dunst
    • Hannah Stern
    Brittany Murphy
    Brittany Murphy
    • Rivkah
    Paul Freeman
    Paul Freeman
    • Rabbi
    Mimi Rogers
    Mimi Rogers
    • Leonore Stern
    Louise Fletcher
    Louise Fletcher
    • Aunt Eva
    Lilo Baur
    • Mina
    Nitzan Sharron
    • Ariel
    Shelly Skandrani
    Shelly Skandrani
    • Leah
    Daniel Brocklebank
    Daniel Brocklebank
    • Shmuel
    Kirsty McFarland
    • Yetta
    Rachel Roddy
    • Esther
    Ieva Jackeviciute
    • Miriam
    Philip Rham
    • Commandant Krieger
    Daniel Rasch
    • Officer Steinbach
    • (as Daniel Rausch)
    Polina Soloveicik
    • Sarah
    • (as Paulina Soloveicik)
    Stewart Bick
    • Burton Stern
    Rimantas Bagdzevicius
    Rimantas Bagdzevicius
    • Photographer Mendel
    Liubomiras Laucevicius
    Liubomiras Laucevicius
    • Doctor Hauptman
    • (as Lubomiras Laucevicius)
    • Director
      • Donna Deitch
    • Writers
      • Jane Yolen(novel)
      • Robert J. Avrech(teleplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This movie is the second movie that Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy both stared together in. The first Drop Dead Gorgeous.
    • Goofs
      The rabbi says it's October 26 5703 and then Rivka says the Christian year is 1941, but the Hebrew year 5703 began in September 1942. Fall 1941 should be 5702. The rabbi also says October. He should've said Cheshvan. The date should've been either 5 Cheshvan 5702 or 15 Cheshvan 5703.
    • Quotes

      Hannah Stern: Do you know what a stupid girl I used to be? I almost got one of these put on!

      [shows the number tattooed on her arm]

      Hannah Stern: Can you believe that? I wanted to get tattooed!

      Rivkah: Don't talk foolishness!

      Hannah Stern: It is foolishness, isn't it? My whole life has been foolishness. I'm being punished, that's it, God is punishing me.

      Rivkah: I forbid you to say that. Is God punishing me? Is He punishing the children? I won't believe that.

      Hannah Stern: Then why? Why?

      Rivkah: Ask them why. Ask the Nazis, not me, don't ask me.

    • Connections
      References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    User reviews66

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    Top review
    8/10
    I'm quite amazed at the negative comments I see here
    The point of this film was not as much to be "great art" as it was to educate people about the Holocaust. In that sense, I think that many posters here are unfairly blasting it, holding it up to some high artistic standard. Believe it or not, there are many in this world, especially younger people, who have not clue one about the atrocities committed against the Jewish people. This film would be an excellent introduction (along with other films such as Diary of Anne Frank) for young people into this very real and recent historical nightmare. To read comments here about how bad the German accents were and how the Germans deserve better than this, lead me to suspect the sincerity of those posting them.
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    • rcs8
    • Mar 14, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 28, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La aritmética del diablo
    • Filming locations
      • Lithuania
    • Production companies
      • Lietuvos Kinostudija
      • Lithuanian Film Studio.
      • Millbrook Farm Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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