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Number the Stars (Film)
Number the Stars is a film directed by Alexis Gordon.The movie is based on the book of the same name.The film showcases the wonderful actings of Lisa Specktrum,Kenra Marlon,Natalie Lamb and many more.

Plot
The movie opens with Annemarie Johansen (Lisa Specktrum) and her friend Ellen Rosen (Kenra Marlon) having a running race on the streets of Copenhagen. Two Nazi soldiers stop them and ask them both questions. When Ellen and Annemarie's mothers (Sara Case and Joan Morgan) were told by Kirsti (Natalie Lamb) (Annemarie's younger sister), that the girls were confronted by the soldiers, Annemarie's mother tells them to take a new route on their way from school. That night, Annemarie reminisces about her older sister Lise, (played by Stacy Galye), who was hit by a car and killed (it is later revealed that the Nazis intentionally hit her). She also recalls her father (John Milliton) seeing a boy tell a Nazi soldier about how all of Denmark is King Christian X's bodyguard. Soon after, Peter Nielsen (Kyle Gallaw) (who was Annemarie's sister Lise's fiance), a man working in the Danish Resistance, visits Annemarie and her family and tells them that the Germans have started closing Jewish stores. The next day, Ellen and her parents go to the synagogue for a Jewish holiday, but come to find out that the Nazis have demanded lists of the Danish Jews. They will use these lists to arrest and relocate the entire Jewish population. Peter takes Mr. and Mrs. Rosen(Peter Stunter and May Jinner) with him into hiding, and Ellen Rosen (disguised as Lise) comes to live with the Johansens. In the middle of the night, Nazi soldiers arrive at the Johansen's apartment and demand that they reveal where the Rosen family is. Annemarie rips off the Star of David necklace which belongs to Ellen to conceal her idenity of being Jewish. The Nazi soldiers become suspicious because Annemarie and Kirsti have blond hair, but Ellen has dark brown hair. Mr. Johansen retrieves baby photos of his three daughters, with their names listed, which clearly show that Lise had hair similar to Ellen's when she was a baby. The soldier tears Lise's photo and leaves. After the Nazis leave, Mr. Johansen calls his brother-in-law, Henrik, and makes encoded arrangements to bring Ellen to him. Later, Annemarie, Ellen, Mrs. Johansen, and Kirsti leave by train for Uncle Henrik's home in Gilleleje. One peaceful day goes by at Henrik's, then Mrs. Johansen tells the girls that their Great-aunt Birte has died and they will be having a funeral. However, Annemarie knows that Great-aunt Birte does not exist, and confronts Uncle Henrik. He explains to her that she is right, and says that it is easier to be brave when you don't know the full truth. Many strangers arrive at Uncle Henrik's house for the funeral, among them a rabbi and several Jewish families. A group of Nazi soldiers arrive and interrupt the funeral, and Ellen's parents and Peter Nielsen arrive shortly after. A soldier questions Annemarie about the funeral and asks her mother to open the casket. Her mother told the soldier that she would love to do so, since country doctors were not reliable, and it was only the country doctor who told them that opening the casket would spread germs because Great-aunt Birte had died from typhus. The soldier slaps her face and leaves in frustration. Peter reads the beginning of Psalm 147 to the group from the Bible, recounting the Lord God numbering the stars. Annemarie thinks that it is impossible to number the stars in the sky, and that the world is cold and very cruel like the sky or the ocean, which Mrs. Rosen is scared of. Peter opens the casket and distributes warm clothing and blankets to the Jewish families who then depart, splitting up to attract less attention. Peter leads the first group, while Annemarie's mother leaves with the second. Annemarie says goodbye to Ellen and goes to sleep for the night. In the morning, she finds that her mother has not returned. Annemarie looks out the window to see her lying on the grass below. She frantically runs outside and finds, to her relief, that her mother has only broken her ankle. Her mother realizes that a package important to the Resistance was accidentally dropped by Mr. Rosen when he tripped on a flight of stairs. Mrs. Johansen, knowing the importance of the package, gives Annemarie a basket filled with cheese, bread and an apple (presumably lunch for her uncle) and hides the package inside. Annemarie runs off, onto a wooded path towards her uncle's boat. When she nears the harbor, she is stopped by German soldiers on patrol, and lies that she is merely delivering lunch to her uncle. The soldiers don't believe her and one of them grabs at the basket. Annemarie resists but in the struggle he accidentally shoots her. The soldiers panic; one of them suggests that they leave her and that's what they do. Annemarie collapses on her knees, clutching her wound as the basket falls to the ground. Annemarie, on the verge of losing conciousness because of the massive loss of blood, has a flashback remembering her time with Ellen and realises Ellen's family is still counting on her. Feeling feeble,she continues her journey in slow paces. Annemarie finally spots her uncle but collapses completely. She sees her uncle running towards her but suddenly blacks out.She wakes up in her room with her wound dressed. Uncle Henrik explains to Annemarie that the Rosens and many other Jewish people were hiding in his boat. He also explains that a handkerchief in package contained the scent of rabbit blood and a drug, to attract the dogs so when they sniffed it, the drug would temporarily numb the German dogs' sense of smell. Two years later, the war ends, and all of Denmark celebrates. Several revelations are made: Peter was captured and executed by the Germans. The Jews who were forced to leave Denmark return and find that their friends and neighbors have kept up their apartments in anticipation of their return. Annemarie finds out how Lise died. Before the Rosens come back, Annemarie asks her father to repair Ellen's Star of David necklace (which had been broken off the night the Nazis broke into the apartment in order to conceal her identity), wanting to wear it herself in honor of her best friend.

Reception
The film has received allot of positive reviews from critics.It has gotten 92.7% on Rotten Potatoes and many more good reviews.

Other Adaptions
Number the Stars has also gotten other adaptions from the book such as Number the Stars (Cartoon Series). Which turns every chapter from the book into an episode.