Well, not really. It's more like, Jakob the misunderstood.

Jakob (Robin Williams with a polish accent) is caught out in the streets after curfew and is dragged into the Nazi headquarters, and brought before the Lieutenant. While he is waiting, he hears on the Lieutenant's radio that the Russians are advancing, beating back the Germans, and making headway towards Poland.

When Jakob is set free, he returns to his friends, and the next day at the forced work they do, he tells one of them that They won't have to do this work much longer, the Russians are coming. His friend asks him how he knows, and he replies that he heard it on the radio. Completely truthful, yet totally wrong. This immediately leads his friend to think that Jakob has his own radio, and he goes out and tells everyone. No one in the Ghulag was sposed to have a radio.

Soon, everyone is coming to hear the latest news of the Russians, and the Americans, and their war against the Germans. Jakob, who continually insists he has no radio, begins to make up stories to give the people hope.

Then, the Germans get word that someone has a radio (even though no one does), and they arrest everyone, and torture them until they find out who has the radio.

Jakob is found to have it, and they then interrogate him.

I'll stop there, because if I go any further, you won't need to see it.

This was a very good movie, and though it is somewhat Long, it's worth it. I give it 4 3/4 Field Mice.

And, as always, Ebert can have the Balcony, the Sneak Previews guys can have the Aisle seats. I want the exact middle!