Jakob the Liar (1999)
September 16, 1999 (FR) • Comedy, Drama, History • 120m
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 Kassovitz
Writers
Didier Decoin, Jurek Becker, Peter Kassovitz
Top Billed
Robin Williams
Keywords
based on novel or book jewish ghetto polish resistance jewry hope ss (nazi schutzstaffel) holocaust (shoah) world war ii jewish life radio execution gestapo waterboarding nazi occupation concentration camp survivor hopelessness radio news rumors pow forced labor jews in hiding water torture rumours german occupation of poland
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$4,956,701
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