Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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6.7%
1999-09-16
|Comedy, Drama, History
Runtime: 120 minutes
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.
Featured Crew
Steven Haft
Producer
Peter Kassovitz
Director