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UNDER JAKOB'S LADDER
The Story



The funeralUNDER JAKOB’S LADDER is the story of Jakob Seel (played by Jeff Stewart), a 60-year-old teacher who has been dismissed by the Soviet regime and who now struggles with his growing sense of worthlessness. When a neighbor asks him to speak at the funeral of her brother, he agrees, even though he knows the government forbids it.

Later that night comes the ominous knock on the door. Jakob has been reported. The secret police take him from his home and his beloved granddaughter, Marta (Chloë Roe).

Thrown into a Soviet detention camp, Jakob and his fellow political prisoners find themselves under the heel of the sadistic warden: Nikolai (Christopher Elliott). The funeralUnaware of Nikolai’s old vendetta against Jakob, they begin to notice that one by one, during the night, prisoners mysteriously disappear. To help distract them from their terror of being taken, Jakob consents to the prisoners’ request to break prison protocol and form a choir. In doing so, Jakob unexpectedly finds the sense of worth he craved. As he rehearses the men, he gains their respect, especially that of the embittered prison bully, Bruno (Sal Rendino).

Then one day, the man responsible for Jakob’s arrest is also imprisoned. Now, Jakob faces the test of a lifetime—to see if he’s ready to forgive the unforgivable.

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