Jakob the Liar Poster

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
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Peter Kassovitz
Companies:
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.