Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writer
- Marsha Garces Williams
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $45,000,000
Cast
Alan Arkin
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Bob Balaban
Éva Igó
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
István Bálint
Liev Schreiber
Mark Margolis
Michael Jeter
Robin Williams
Keywords
based on novel or book
concentration camp survivor
execution
forced labor
german occupation of poland
gestapo
holocaust (shoah)
hope
hopelessness
jewish ghetto
jewish life
jewry
jews in hiding
nazi occupation
nazi train
polish resistance
pow
radio
radio news
rumors
rumours
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
water torture
waterboarding
world war ii
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