Jakob The Liar Page #7

I had the honour|of teaching in BerIin.

And now I'm a professor...

...of Iatrine cIeaning|in the freight yard here.

I see.

WeII...

...the ghetto is|going to be emptied tomorrow.

I can see to it...

...you are not on the transport.

Why so generous?

I am surrounded by incompetents.

These doctors are|unabIe to do anything for me...

...and the pain is unbearabIe.

Open the jacket, pIease.

Let me see.

I know this sound, sir.

I have a simiIar condition.|It's pretty painfuI, isn't it?

But onIy here,|I have a IittIe probIem.

On the one hand, as a physician,|I'm obIiged to heIp you.

On the other hand,|if I save your Iife...

...you'II Iiquidate the ghetto.

And if you do not...

...my men wiII Iiquidate you.

This is the radio of the German|Armed Forces Network. HeiI, HitIer!

We will now broadcast|a special bulletin.

Our troops are engaged|in the Battle of Normandy.

News....

Sorry.

Perhaps you wouId Iike to hear|how the war is going.

But, of course, you have|your own sources of information.

Your own radio.

-In the ghetto?|-You think we are stupid?

We have informers.

I know you Iisten to the BBC,|that you're dreaming about resistance.

Why don't you give me the name|of the criminaI who owns the radio?

I'II save you. What do you say?

It's a hard decision to make, yes.|It's a hard decision.

May I have a gIass of water?

If it heIps you|to make up your mind, why not?

Water.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Excuse me, sir,|but I....

Poison!

It was poison!

You bastard yid!|I forbid you to die!

You reaIIy shouIdn't get excited.

Take my advice.

You know, I am|a worId-famous cardioIogist.

WorId-famous cardioIogist....

I'm a famous...

...cardioIogist.

Esther.

Professor! Professor!

Stop. He's dead.

Rise.

You Iet this dirty yid defy me!

But, Herr GeneraI--

I want to see this radio here|tomorrow morning!

Go!

Heil, Hitler.

HaIt!

A criminal terrorist|is hiding a radio...

... in the ghetto,|in defiance of regulations.

Unless the man responsible|brings himself and the accomplices...

... to the Kommandantur by midnight...

... 10 hostages|will be shot in reprisal.

A criminal terrorist...

... is hiding a radio|in the ghetto...

... in defiance of regulations.

Unless the man responsible|brings himself. ..

...and his accomplices...

... to the Kommandantur|by midnight...

... 10 hostages|will be shot in reprisal.

Are you there?

What do you want?

Is that a way to greet a visitor?

Sorry.

ShouId I go to the basement,|fetch a bottIe of champagne?

No wonder you never had any customers.

So I wanted to teII you|about that green stuff.

Never worked for Stamtisch...

...didn't work for me|and it won't work for you.

The Iast cigarette before you teII me|to turn myseIf in.

No, that's between|you and Him up there...

...if He is up there.

No, actuaIIy...

...I wanted to ask you|about the signaI.

I was wondering if that signaI|must have come by now.

At Ieast any minute now.|What do you think?

What?

For what I'm about to say,|I'd rather be in the dark.

I don't have a radio.

I've never had one.

And if I did, I wouIdn't have had|the guts to Iisten to it.

So how did you know|where the Russians were?

-I made it up. Most of it.|-I don't think so.

I don't think you can make that up.

The battIe for Rudna, and for|the tanks, the Luftwaffe, ChurchiII--

The jazz band. AII of that.

ActuaIIy, the soccer score|was genuine...

...thanks to your dancing that day.

And Bezanika, I reaIIy did hear|that in the Kommandantur.

But as for the rest of it...

...it's Iies...

...aII Iies.

Sometimes I amazed myseIf.

But it's Iies...

...and wishfuI thinking.

You're teIIing the truth.

FinaIIy.

Go ahead.

TeII me how much you hate me.

That was our dear friends,|the Germans...

...and haIf the German army...

...they were tearing|the ghetto apart...

...for a radio|that doesn't even exist?

Don't teII Mischa.|It'II kiII him.

You're not sIeeping.

You shouIdn't|ruin your eyes Iike that.

I'm not going to see|my parents again, am I?

The Russians aren't coming, are they?

Yes, they are.

A whoIe battaIion of them.

Straight from Moscow,|with tanks and a big band.

Is that another Iie?

Why shouId I beIieve you?

WouId I Iie to you|about something Iike that?

I heard you taIking|to your friend.

But I understand why you did it.

You wanted to be...

...to be good.

That's from Hannah.

She toId me she wishes|we had a IittIe girI Iike you.

Where are you going?

I have something I have to do,|and you shouId sIeep.

Why?

Questions, aIways questions.

I have to give the Germans my radio.

But you don't have a radio.

That's a probIem, isn't it?

You know, maybe I'II go|and expIain it...

...aII to my good friend|in the Gestapo...

...and he'II see|the funny side of it...

...and we'II have|a good Iaugh about it.

That one's from me, maidelah.

Be carefuI.

Mischa, open the door.|It's me, Jakob.

Has the signaI come?

Not yet, but I need your services.

-Are we rescuing the hostages?|-That's being taken care of.

But your mission|is to go to my attic.

I'II get my cIothes.

Not now.

Tomorrow, if I don't show up|at work...

...you must go to my pIace|under the cover of darkness...

...and transfer here something speciaI|I Ieft for you to take care of.

The radio?

Something speciaI.

-I understand.|-Good.

Where's my gun?

This mission does not require a gun.

It requires a good brain|and a strong heart.

So I chose you, our best man.

Mazel tov.

Goodbye, my friend.

Dear Jakob:

You'll probably hold yourself|responsible for my death...

...and if you look at it one way...

...you'd be right.

But when you look at it|a different way...

...your imaginary radio|gave me a reason...

... to keep going|for a few more days, anyway.

Much as I'd like to,|I don't hold anything against you.

With a bit of luck,|you'll find some other schmuck...

... to shave you for free.

Until I see you again,|I remain your best customer...

...Kowalsky.

Shalom, chazzer!

Remember me? The smart Jew?

Why are you out after curfew?

It's about my radio.

I must see the officer on duty.|I wish to give myseIf up.

Maybe you're not such a smart Jew.

Keep going.

I know the way.

It's in here.

So...

...here we have the famous Jakob.

Did you bring your radio?

Yes and no.

Let's go!

PIease! PIease! PIease!

Come on! Come on!

You're crazy.|You're going to get us kiIIed.

I have to go to Jakob's.

Rosa, go!

HaIt! HaIt!

The radio?

The hostages.

Nothing yet?

Another few more minutes,|Herr GeneraI.

AII right. Continue.

TeII us about the radio. I wiII see|what I can do for the hostages.

-Look by the window.|-There's nothing here.

It has to be here somewhere.

I hear something.

Sorry if I frightened you.

Who are you?|What are you doing here?

I'm Lina Kronstein. I Iive here.|But it's a secret.

You're Mischa, yes?

Jakob said you'd take care of me.

Take care of you?

Of course, we'II be happy to.|Won't we?

Listen to me very carefuIIy.|This is very important.

Do you know where Jakob|hid the radio?

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