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The Devil's Arithmetic is a film about the horrors of WWII. Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith, and customs of her relatives. But she begins to reevaluate her heritage during a supernatural experience. She is transported back to a Nazi death camp in 1941 and meets a young girl named Rivkah who is a fellow captive in the camp. As Hannah and Rivkah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Plot</span></h3>
The film opens with Hannah, a teen girl, in a tattoo parlor with her friends, contemplating what tattoo she wants. Before she can decide, she notes the time and realises that she is late for a Passover dinner. Hannah hates going to her family seder as her family tells the same stories and Hannah is tired of hearing about the past. Her aunt tells her every year that Hannah looks like her namesake, Chana, but won't tell Hannah who Chana was or what she did. During the seder Hannah opens the front door to let in the prophet Elijah, but she sees a Polish village instead of the outside of the apartment. All of a sudden she is not only in a new place but also in the year 1941.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Rivka</span></h3>
Hannah learns she is in the home of Rivka, who says she is Hannah (now Chana)'s cousin, and her aunt Gitl. They tell Hannah she has been sick and that should explain her strange ramblings about the future. The next day, the family goes into the village for a wedding, which is interrupted by Nazi soldiers, who say the whole village will be resettled. After a long journey, they arrive at a Nazi concentration camp assumed to be Auschwitz. There, their valuables are stolen, their heads are shaved, they are tattooed, and they are made prisoners.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">No Escape</span></h3>
Life is brutal, but Hannah tells fairy tales and stories to the women in her bunk to keep their spirits up, and she insists that she knows what is coming because of her history classes in school, but no one will believe her. Tensions rise when a family is revealed to have typhus and when a woman goes into labor, some of the men attempt an escape when they find a guard they think they can trust, only to be caught and executed.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">The Return</span></h3>
One day, the commandant notices that Rivka and other inmates are ill. So he orders them to go to the gas chamber. Before he can see, Hannah switches places with Rivka. As she enters the gas chamber, she is transported back to the present day. She awakens surrounded by her family who tell her she had too much to drink (and presumably passed out). She embraces her aunt Eva and calls her Rivka, to her astonishment. They speak privately and Hannah fills in details she did not previously know. The movie ends with the entire family singing traditional songs at the table. The teenage Hannah is no longer alienated but is now part of the family.
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The Devil’s Arithmetic
The Devil’s Arithmetic is a film about the horrors of WWII. Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith, and customs of her relatives. But she begins to reevaluate her heritage during a supernatural experience. She is transported back to a Nazi death camp in 1941 and meets a young girl named Rivkah who is a fellow captive in the camp. As Hannah and Rivkah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.
Plot
The film opens with Hannah, a teen girl, in a tattoo parlor with her friends, contemplating what tattoo she wants. Before she can decide, she notes the time and realises that she is late for a Passover dinner. Hannah hates going to her family seder as her family tells the same stories and Hannah is tired of hearing about the past. Her aunt tells her every year that Hannah looks like her namesake, Chana, but won’t tell Hannah who Chana was or what she did. During the seder Hannah opens the front door to let in the prophet Elijah, but she sees a Polish village instead of the outside of the apartment. All of a sudden she is not only in a new place but also in the year 1941.
Rivka
Hannah learns she is in the home of Rivka, who says she is Hannah (now Chana)’s cousin, and her aunt Gitl. They tell Hannah she has been sick and that should explain her strange ramblings about the future. The next day, the family goes into the village for a wedding, which is interrupted by Nazi soldiers, who say the whole village will be resettled. After a long journey, they arrive at a Nazi concentration camp assumed to be Auschwitz. There, their valuables are stolen, their heads are shaved, they are tattooed, and they are made prisoners.
No Escape
Life is brutal, but Hannah tells fairy tales and stories to the women in her bunk to keep their spirits up, and she insists that she knows what is coming because of her history classes in school, but no one will believe her. Tensions rise when a family is revealed to have typhus and when a woman goes into labor, some of the men attempt an escape when they find a guard they think they can trust, only to be caught and executed.
The Return
One day, the commandant notices that Rivka and other inmates are ill. So he orders them to go to the gas chamber. Before he can see, Hannah switches places with Rivka. As she enters the gas chamber, she is transported back to the present day. She awakens surrounded by her family who tell her she had too much to drink (and presumably passed out). She embraces her aunt Eva and calls her Rivka, to her astonishment. They speak privately and Hannah fills in details she did not previously know. The movie ends with the entire family singing traditional songs at the table. The teenage Hannah is no longer alienated but is now part of the family.
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