The devil's arithmetic [videorecording] / Showtime presents ; a Punch 21 and Milbrook Farm production ; produced by Murray Schisgal, Lee Gottsegen ; screenplay by Robert J. Avrech ; directed by Donna Deitch. - Standard format. - [New York] : Showtime Entertainment, 2002, c1999. - 1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel by Jane Yolen. Originally produced for television in 1999. Includes introduction by Dustin Hoffman. Includes cast filmographies, previews, photo gallery, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink.

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

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

Hannah, a typical American teenager, resents stories of her Jewish heritage, until a mystical Passover Seder results in her being magically transported to Poland during World War II, where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why it is important to remember the past.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources.


DVD; Dolby stereo.
DVD-ROM system requirements not stated.


Soundtrack in English or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.

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Jews--Fiction.
Concentration camps--Fiction.
Holocaust, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Time travel--Fiction.
Television adaptations.
Closed caption video recordings.
Videodiscs.


Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945--Fiction.


Fantasy films.
Television movies.
Television adaptations.
DVD-Video discs.

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