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Synopsis: In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near 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. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of information from "his secret radio." Jakob, however, has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from a camp transport train. A rather uplifting and slightly humorous film about World War II Jewish Ghetto life.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Peter Kassovitz
Production: TriStar Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
1999
120 min
Website
466 Views


Bezanika

Germans are dying each day

Russians are on their way

-KowaIsky!|-We're cIosed. We're cIosed.

-Time to open!|-Leave me aIone. Go away!

What are you doing?

-You can't kiII yourseIf.|-You got a reason why not?

Yeah, I have a good one.

That's just between you and me.

Yesterday evening|something very funny happened.

ActuaIIy, not that funny.|You might not find it funny.

-It's where I caught this coId--|-Get to the point.

The point is, my friend, yesterday after|curfew, I was in the Kommandantur--

-Are you an informer?|-Are you out of your mind?

No Jew Ieaves the Kommandantur|aIive except informers.

Don't teII me Iies.|I'm desperate, not stupid.

Get out of here, pIease.|PIease Ieave me aIone.

Go ahead.

PeopIe wiII say KowaIsky|didn't keep his part of a bargain.

I'm entitIed to|daiIy shaves and haircuts.

In exchange, you can eat|aII the pancakes you want in my caf.

You haven't made any for 3 years.

What can I do?|The Germans don't Iet potatoes in.

But your beard keeps growing.

That's not my fauIt.|A deaI's a deaI.

Oh, good.

What are you compIaining about?|You have a duII razor.

Sit down.

Barber with a duII razor|is Iike a bIind moyl.

No insuIts. Sit down, pIease.|Here we go.

Here. Enough.

Good. Enough!

Professor!

No, thank you.

Excuse me.|My respects, professor.

I caught a coId Iast night.|Do you have some medicaI advice?

You know my prescription: A cigar|and brandy, taken in Monte CarIo.

Give me your hand, professor.

-You have a good night?|-Good night?

If three suicides baIanced by|one birth is a good night, then, yes.

SpIendid, wonderfuI night.

Line up two at a time!|Pick a partner!

-HerscheI, you need a partner?|-Yes, but not with cough.

Professor!

Two weak men|don't make a strong man.

You forgot me!

-I unIoad, you carry.|-What'II I get?

The pIeasure of my company.

I have to eat.

Do I have to feed you?

AII right.

You aII right?

Yes, thank you.

Mischa?

Where are you? Sneaking a cigarette?|Is that it?

Oh, my God!

Are you meshugge?|It's forbidden to do that!

It couId be you and me here one day.|ShouIdn't we do something?

The best thing to do is nothing!|I don't want to be shot!

What way wouId you prefer to die?

Go away.|Don't stand here.

I can't Iet you do something stupid!

Can you stop me?

I'm your manager.

You're not a very good one.

You're not a very good boxer.

-You want to try me?|-We're not the same weight cIass!

Guard!

The guard is coming.

You'II make a good-Iooking corpse.

I'II take one of those|bastards with me.

Don't!

The Russians are in Bezanika.

And I heard HitIer's appIying|to be chief rabbi in BerIin.

-It's the truth.|-Let go!

I heard it on the radio!

It's forbidden to taIk.|Go to work.

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Peter Kassovitz

Peter Kassovitz (born 17 November 1938) is a French film director and scriptwriter. more…

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