A shopkeeper in a Nazi-controlled Polish ghetto decides to boost the morale of his fellow Jews by claiming to have access to a hidden radio, passing on fake news of Allied victories. However, his efforts risk drawing attention to himself and the concentration camp escapee he is concealing. Comedy drama, starring the late Robin Williams, with Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban and Liev Schreiber.

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.