Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Starring: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter
Writer: Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Release Date:
September 16, 1999
September 16, 1999
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
6.7 / 10
Director:
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz
Companies:
Global Medien KG
Global Medien KG
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.
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