In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
Stars: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban
Crew: Jurek Becker (Novel), Didier Decoin (Screenplay), Steven Haft (Producer), Marsha Garces Williams (Screenplay), Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography), Claire Simpson (Editor)
Country: France, Hungary, United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Runtime: 120 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 16, 1999
IMDb: 4.3
Keywords:based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, polish resistance, jewry, hope, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), world war ii, jewish life, radio, execution, gestapo, waterboarding, nazi occupation, concentration camp survivor, hopelessness, radio news, rumors, pow, forced labor, jews in hiding, holocaust, water torture, rumours, german occupation of poland, nazi train
