Jakob the Liar
6.7
Comedy, Drama, History
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.
- Originial Title
- Jakob the Liar
- Tagline
- When all hope was lost, he invented it.
- Release Date
- September 16, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 0min
- Budget
- $45,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $4,956,701.00
- Original Language
- English
- Status
- Released