Under Jakob's Ladder

Under Jakob's Ladder
Directed byMann Munoz
Written byR.M.M. Munoz
Produced byRoberto Muñoz
StarringJeff Stewart
Christopher Elliott
Sal Rendino
CinematographyJake Forsyth
Edited byMann Munoz
Music byMiq Munoz
Release date
  • July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24) (Manhattan Film Festival)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under Jakob's Ladder is an independent drama film by CubeCity Entertainment. Based on a true story, it tells how a teacher named Jakob Seel is arrested and thrown into a Soviet prison in 1938. Mann Munoz directed the film and Roberto Munoz produced. Jeff Stewart plays the lead role of Jakob Seel. The film also stars Christopher Elliott, Sal Rendino, Quentin McCuiston, Sean Patrick Folster, Matthew R. Staley, Chloe Roe, and Ken Jennings.

The film is set in the Soviet Union prior to World War II. It features the lives of the ethnic minority Germans from Russia.