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Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
416 audience votes
Key crew
- Didier DecoinScreenplay
- Peter KassovitzDirector
- Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
- Peter KassovitzScreenplay
Cast
- Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
- Liev SchreiberMischa
- Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
- Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
- Michael JeterAvron
- Bob BalabanKowalsky
- Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
- Éva IgóLina's Mother
- István BálintLina's Father
- Mark MargolisFajngold
- Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
- Justus von DohnányiPreuss
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapo