Spoonface Steinberg (1998)
Overview
Television film version of Lee Hall's award-winning radio play. Spoonface is seven years old, Jewish, autistic - and terminally ill with cancer. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps who died with dignity and their spirit unbowed.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.356 |
Directed By
Betsan Morris Evans
Crew
Betsan Morris Evans
Lee Hall
Simon Curtis
Pamela Power
Toby Whale
Donal Woods
Fran Needham
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