ComedyDramaHistory
Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
6.7(405 votes)·1999 120m·EN· France
Directed by Peter Kassovitz
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.
TMDB
6.7/10
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Director
Peter Kassovitz
Studios
Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Budget
$45.0M
Revenue
$5.0M