Josef Jakobs Josef Jakobs Josef Jakobs (30 June 1898 – 15 August 1941) was a German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London. He was captured shortly after parachuting into the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Convicted of espionage under the Treachery Act 1940, Jakobs was shot by a military firing squad. He was not hanged because he was captured as an enemy combatant. Jakobs, who was a German citizen, was born in Luxembourg in 1898. During the First World War, he served in the German infantry, rising to the rank of "Leutnant", in
The Catcher Was a Spy (film) Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Shea Whigham joining in April. Principal photography lasted for 30 days. The film was set to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, but the film was pulled out after it was realized that post-production would not be complete in time. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. IFC Films acquired the film and set a release date of June 22, 2018. "The Catcher Was a Spy" made $114,771 from 49 theaters in its opening weekend, for an average of $2,459 per venue. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,