Lie number 57: tell everybody that I have a portable radio!
Set in a Polish Jewish ghetto towards the end of World War II. A pancake vendor accidentally hears a forbidden radio broadcast. At first he tries to keep it to himself, but is then forced to use the news to help save a friend's life and give him hope. Unfortunately, his plan backfires when his friend goes about telling everybody that Jakob has a radio, a possession severly restricted by the Nazis. Even though Jakob tried, nobody seemed to believe that he did not own a radio. He then starts telling people little white lies to calm their fears and to give them hope.
Ian Douglas: Interesting film. My rating is higher than the foreign critics, maybe I was not polluted by ''Life is Beautiful'' which apparently deals with a similar theme. In fact, I don't think that this film is actually about the holocaust at all. Instead, it is an examination of human psychology, and how hope is sometimes the only thing that keeps us going. The subtext implies that the Old Testament prophets did much the same thing for the people of Israel during their dark times. The implications of THAT are far-reaching...
