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.
| Title | Jakob the Liar |
|---|---|
| Year | 1999 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | France, Hungary, United States of America |
| Studio | Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions |
| Cast | Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban |
| Crew | Jurek Becker (Novel), Didier Decoin (Screenplay), Steven Haft (Producer), Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography), Claire Simpson (Editor), Kerry Barden (Casting) |
| Keyword | based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, polish resistance, jewry, hope, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jewish life, radio, execution, gestapo, waterboarding, nazi occupation, concentration camp survivor, hopelessness, radio news, rumors, pow, forced labor, jews in hiding, water torture, rumours, german occupation of poland, nazi train |
| Release | Sep 16, 1999 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 6.70 / 10 by 396 users |
| Popularity | 1 |
| Budget | 45,000,000 |
| Revenue | 4,956,701 |
| Language | English |
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