Jakob the Liar (1999)
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1999-09-16
- Runtime:
- 120 min
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Director:
- Peter Kassovitz
- Top cast:
- Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.7/10 from 404 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.6/10