The devil's arithmetic Showtime presents a Punch 21 and Millbrook Farm production ; produced by Murray Schisgal and Lee Gottsegen ; screenplay by Robert J. Avrech ; directed by Donna Deitch.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0347

Overview

Summary: Sixteen year old Hanna Stern was a typical American teenager who ignored her family's heritage until a mystical Passover seder takes her back in time to German-occupied Poland on an emotional journey of life, death and survival.
Other Title: Devil's arithmetic.
Format: Projected medium
Published: [United States] : Showtime Entertainment, 2002
Locale: Poland
Other Authors/Editors: Deitch, Donna, 1945-
Schisgal, Murray, 1926-
Gottsegen, Lee.
Avrech, Robert J. (Robert Joel), 1950-
Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-
Murphy, Brittany.
Rogers, Mimi.
Fletcher, Louise.
Yolen, Jane.
Punch 21 (Firm)
Millbrook Farm (Firm)
Hallmark Entertainment (Firm)
Showtime Networks.
Showtime Entertainment.
Notes: Introduction by Dustin Hoffman.

Based upon the novel by Jane Yolen.

Originally produced for television in 1999.

Director of photography, Jacek Laskus ; edited by Robin Katz ; music, Frederic Talgorn.

Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher.

DVD format.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Language: English
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Jews--Drama. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Drama. Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Drama. Concentration camps--Drama. Time travel--Drama. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945--Drama. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired. Yolen, Jane--Film adaptations.

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