About Jakob the Liar
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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 1999-09-16
- Runtime
- 2h
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Rating
- 6.7/10 (404 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writers
- Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Cast
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