Spoonface Steinberg

50min

TV Movie

Drama

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.

Production Companies

BBC Film

BBC

Cast

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Mrs. Spud
Ella Jones

Ella Jones

Spoonface Steinberg

Release date

30th Mar 1998

Status

Released

Spoken languages