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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7(374 votes)
1999
2h 0m
Movie
EN
ComedyDramaHistory

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.

Status:released
Budget:$45,000,000
Revenue:$4,956,701