Robin Williams stars in this 1999 film version of Jurek Becker's seriocomic novel about a ghetto dweller in Nazi-occupied Poland who lies that he has a forbidden radio tuned to the BBC. The broadcasts Jakob "hears" report Soviet troops are just a few kilometers away. With liberation seemingly near, Jews in the ghetto acquire new hope, but Jakob (Williams) is terrified when the Germans learn of his imaginary radio and begin a search for it. Special features on the DVD include: widescreen (1:85:1) and full screen versions, anamorphic video, digitally remastered audio, the isolated music score, director's commentary, a "making of" featurette, production notes, actor bios, and menu-driven scene selection. Closed captioned. Color. 120 minutes. Columbia.
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