Rating
Popularity3
Runtime2h 0m
Release DateSeptember 16, 1999
Budget$45,000,000
Revenue$4,956,701
Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
Production
Global Medien KG(DE)
Columbia Pictures(US)Blue Wolf
Kasso Productions(FR)
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Spoken Languages
English
Age Rating
All Ages
Top Cast
Key Crew
ScreenplayDidier Decoin
Director of PhotographyElemér Ragályi
DirectorPeter Kassovitz
ProducerSteven Haft
ScreenplayMarsha Garces Williams
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