Jakob the Liar
1999-09-16
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2h 0m
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PG-13
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Comedy
Drama
History
User Score
377 votes
"When all hope was lost, he invented it."
Overview
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.
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Marsha Garces Williams
Writer
