The devil's arithmetic

Resource Information

The work The devil's arithmetic represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The devil's arithmetic

Statement of responsibility

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

Contributor

• Millbrook Farm (Firm)
• Punch 21 (Firm)
• Showtime Entertainment
• Showtime Networks
• Avrech, Robert J., (Robert Joel), 1950-
• Deitch, Donna, 1945-
• Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-
• Fletcher, Louise
• Freeman, Paul, 1943-
• Gottsegen, Lee
• Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-
• Katz, Robin
• Laskus, Jacek
• Murphy, Brittany
• Rogers, Mimi
• Schisgal, Murray, 1926-
• Talgorn, Frédéric, 1961-
• Yolen, Jane

Subject

• 1939-1945
• Campos de concentración -- Teatro
• Concentration camps
• Concentration camps -- Drama
• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Historical films
• History
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Drama
• Jews
• Jews -- Drama
• Judíos -- Teatro
• Made-for-TV movies
• Made-for-TV movies
• Occupation of Poland (1939-1945)
• Poland
• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama
• Television movies -- Videorecordings
• Time travel
• Time travel -- Drama
• Viaje a través del tiempo -- Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Yolen, Jane
• Yolen, Jane -- Film adaptations

Genre

• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• History
• Made-for-TV movies
• Teatro
• Television movies
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

An American Jewish teenager is transported back in time to German-occupied Poland and experiences firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust and discovers the meaning of her family's heritage

Cataloging source

OFA

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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

Intended audience

Film Advisory Board (F.A.B) rating: PD-M; parental discretion--mature, ages 13 and over for graphic violence

Language note

In English or dubbed Spanish; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

• Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher
• Introduction by Dustin Hoffman

Runtime

97

Target audience

juvenile

Technique

live action