In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near 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. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of information from “his secret radio.” Jakob, however, has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from a camp transport train. A rather uplifting and slightly humorous film about World War II Jewish Ghetto life.
Release Date: 24 September 1999Runtime: 120 min
Stars:
- Ádám Rajhona
- Alan Arkin
- Antal Leisen
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Bob Balaban
- Éva Igó
- Hannah Taylor Gordon
- István Bálint
- János Gosztonyi
- Justus von Dohnányi
- Kathleen Gati
- Liev Schreiber
- Mark Margolis
- Michael Jeter
- Robin Williams
Director: Peter Kassovitz
