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Jakob the Liar

1999 • 2h0m Comedy, Drama, History

Rating

6.7/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Screenplay

Didier Decoin

Peter Kassovitz

Cast

Robin Williams

Liev Schreiber

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Release date

9/16/1999

Status

Released

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$4,956,701

Origin country

US

Vote count

396