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The Substance of Fire

63% | Sep 11, 1996 | Drama

Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.

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Daniel J. Sullivan
Director
Ron Kastner
Producer

Cast

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Tony Goldwyn
Aaron Geldhart
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Timothy Hutton
Martin Geldhart
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Ron Rifkin
Isaac Geldhart
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Geldhart
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Lee Grant
Cora Cahn

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