

The Devil's Arithmetic
She saw the truth with her own eyes.
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.
TMDB
6.8/10
111 votes
IMDb
Not rated yet
View on IMDb
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- —
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- tradition
- concentration camp
- holocaust (shoah)
- rabbi
- poland
- death
- woman director
Top billed cast










Behind the camera
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Gallery


Videos
Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG28 Mar 1999
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical28 Jan 2003
GermanyDE
- Theatrical6 Jan 2000
JapanJP
- Theatrical25 Nov 2002
Frequently asked questions
The Devil's Arithmetic was released on 28 March 1999.
Audience reviews
1- T7/10
talisencrw
8/8/2016
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 diffe…
Member reviews
Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign inMember comments
0Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign in











