UNDER JAKOB'S LADDER
Soviet Ukraine, 1940. As 60-year-old Jakob struggles with his growing sense of worthlessness, he agrees to the request of a neighbor to speak the Lord’s Prayer at her brother's grave. It is that prayer that leads to an ominous knock at the door later that night. Jakob's home is ransacked by the secret police, and he is taken from his wife and granddaughter Marta.
Thrown into a Soviet prison cell, his first night includes the seemingly senseless and capricious execution of one of his fellow political prisoners. But even under the threat of death and torture, Jakob begins to find meaning for his life by forming a music chorale with the prisoners. When the man responsible for Jakob's arrest ends up a prisoner, Jakob must find out what he's really made of and if he's ready for forgiveness.
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