Jakob the Liar

1999 2h ★6.7

Jakob the Liar

“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

Release Date September 16, 1999
Runtime 2h
Language English
Director Peter Kassovitz
Category Comedy, Drama, History
Rating 6.7 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1999
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