Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
6.7(396 votes)
September 16, 1999
2h
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.
Director
Peter KassovitzWriters
Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$4,956,701
