Rent Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
3.2 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
Kirsten Dunst is Hannah, a reluctant teenager who is dragged along for a holiday Passover celebration at her Aunt Eva's house. During the ceremonies she mysteriously travels back through time to war-torn Poland, 1941. Ending up in a concentration camp, tattooed, with her head shaved, Hannah cannot believe what her nightmare is unfolding - what is worse, to know what is going to happen or not have a clue like the others all around her? Naked and freezing in the bitter night air, Hannah feels a sense of calm as she prepares for her fate in the gas chamber. As the pellets begin to strike, mercifully Hannah re-awakens back in the present, on the floor of Aunt Eva's apartment. Now Hannah listens to the family war stories in a completely different way. No longer distant stories told by old people but a hideous vivid memory which must be passed on throughout the generations. - Actors:
- Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Lilo Baur, Nitzan Sharron, Shelly Skandrani, Daniel Brocklebank, Kirsty McFarland, Rachel Roddy, Ieva Jackeviciute, Philip Rham, Daniel Rausch, Polina Soloveicik
- Directors:
- Donna Deitch
- Producers:
- Lee Gottsegen, Tom Kuhn, Murray Schisgal, Fred Weintraub
- Writers:
- Jane Yolen, Robert J. Avrech
- Studio:
- Odyssey Video
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
