Movie poster for Jakob the Liar
TMDb Rating
6.7/10

394 verified votes

Jakob the Liar (1999)

ComedyDramaHistory
120 min

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Top Cast

Robin WilliamsLiev SchreiberHannah Taylor-GordonAlan ArkinMichael Jeter

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