Directed by:
Donna DeitchScreenplay:
Robert J. AvrechCinematography:
Jacek LaskusComposer:
Frédéric TalgornCast:
Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Lyubomiras Lautsyavichyus, Caterina Scorsone, Louis Negin, Stewart Bick (more)Plots(1)
Based on the popular novel by Jane Yolen, a typical American teenager gets transported back in time and experiences firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust and discovers the meaning of her family's heritage. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kirsten Dunst](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/236/164236641_5b9900.jpg)
Kirsten Dunst
USA
Best movies:
![Brittany Murphy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/356/160356680_09210d.jpg)
Brittany Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Sin City (2005)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (video compilation)
![Paul Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267409_5cad4f.jpg)
Paul Freeman
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
![Mimi Rogers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/386/166386330_935721.jpg)
Mimi Rogers
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: One Son (1999) (video compilation)
The X Files: Biogenesis (1999) (video compilation)
The Doors (1991)
![Louise Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390378_cf4854.jpg)
Louise Fletcher
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
![Lyubomiras Lautsyavichyus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/641/158641890_5f1b1b.jpg)
Lyubomiras Lautsyavichyus
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Come and See (1985)
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000)
Wild Pigeon (1986)
![Caterina Scorsone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/291/162291815_8801ac.png)
Caterina Scorsone
Canada
Best movies:
Common Ground (2000) (TV movie)
Alice (2009) (series)
The Third Miracle (1999)
Louis Negin
UK
Best movies:
The Twentieth Century (2019)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
![Stewart Bick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160542_493fe0.jpg)
Stewart Bick
Canada
Best movies:
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
The Dream Team (1989)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
![Rimantas Bagdzevičius](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272973_6739b8.jpg)
Rimantas Bagdzevičius
Best movies:
Elizabeth I (2005) (series)
Out of the Ashes (2003) (TV movie)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
Aron Tager
USA
Best movies:
X-Men (2000)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
Leolo (1992)
Heather Bertram
Canada
Best movies:
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
Deathlands (2003) (TV movie)
Vaidotas Martinaitis
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
The Generation of Evil (2021)
Defiance (2008)
Arvydas Dapšys
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Elizabeth I (2005) (series)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
![Leonardas Pobedonostsevas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/321/165321889_a6dba4.jpg)
Leonardas Pobedonostsevas
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Defiance (2008)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
Lilo Baur
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Robertas Urbonas
Lithuania
Best movies:
Forest of the Gods (2005)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV movie)
Daniel Brocklebank
UK
Best movies:
The Hours (2002)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Admiral (2015)