Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar (1999)

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

TMDb 6.79/16/19992h 0m
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Original Title

Jakob the Liar

Status

Released

Production Companies

Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions

Original Language

EN

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$4,956,701

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

Production Countries

France, Hungary, United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

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