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The Devil's Arithmetic
starring: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher
directed by: Donna Deitch

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781929732210
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 192973221X
Label: Showtime Entertainment
Manufacturer: Showtime Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Showtime Entertainment
Release Date: January 09, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 5277
Studio: Showtime Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1999

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Amazon.com:
Executive producers Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers present the truth of the Holocaust so a new generation can understand why it must never be forgotten. Kirsten Dunst plays Hannah, a modern teen more concerned with trends than history. During the traditional Passover dinner, she zones out as her relatives harp about concentration camps. But then Hannah passes through a portal to the past, where she becomes her own ancestor in Poland during the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

Director Donna Deitch provides an infinite library of Holocaust detail, re-creating the period with minute dedication. Haunting images, every costume, every hair, every light and shadow conspire to maintain a sense of desolate desperation. Suspense pervades as escapes fail and mothers with newborns are taken away. Only the magical context of the story, taken from the original children's novel by Jane Yolen, allows for a life-affirming ending. The performances may not be multifaceted but, considering the single-mindedness of the tale, the deep commitment of the actors makes every moment real and meaningful. Dunst seems able to carry a movie herself, and Brittany Murphy is mesmerizing as Hannah's sweet cousin Rivkah.

The message is powerfully direct, but the film avoids extreme violence in deference to young audiences. The theme is enshrined in the Rivkah's words: "We must stay alive to tell everyone what we've been through." Indeed, when Hannah returns to the present, she is a new woman, with a profound love of her culture and a religious respect for the value of all human life. --Lloyd Chesley

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- Educator
I have purchased this DVD for my own collection to view at my leisure with my two children at home. I am an English teacher at one of our local middle schools. I have introduced the Holocaust theme and have shown this movie (from our school library collection)as a class study and all my students have been moved by this movie. They enjoyed it very much and could finally understand the Holocaust movement of prejudice and discrimination. I highly recommend this DVD to any educator introducing the HOLOCAUST! ... Read More

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- Excellnet service
The delivery was quick and the movie in perfect condition. Could not ask for more and still sleep good at night. Thanks.

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- In My Top 10 Holocaust Stories
With this movie you so not quite understand the naming of the movie. If however you read the book you will understand the title. Why they left out that detail I do not understand.
That being said it is a great movie. It helps a modern day teenager understand what her aunt went thru during the holocaust. He actually lives it~ sort of a Wizzard of OZ type experience.

The movie is suitable for ages 9 and up I would say with parents. It is such a story of love and sacrifice, survival of the ... Read More

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- Highly Recommended !!!
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic:

This is an outstanding visual performance where a Jewish teenager, rather secular indeed, goes against her will and innermost beliefs to celebrate the Passover festivities at an ants' house. Rather discontent with the festivities, she is chosen by traditions to open a door and then she goes into a trip that will change her religious attitudes forever.

She trespasses the limits of time, as inside a time machine, and finds herself ... Read More

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- The Devil's Arithmetic movie
My students read this book in class and were truly affected by the content matter. I realize that books and movies always differ, but there were many, many differences with this movie. The movie does show some of the degrading circumstances of the concentration camps, but the differences (from the book) made the movie confusing at times. I will still show the movie each year after reading the book, but I will caution that it is very different from our reading...and not as good.

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