Jakob the Liar (1999)
1999-09-16 • Comedy, Drama, History • 2h0m • Released
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When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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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.
Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions