Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
1999-09-16
France, Hungary, United States of America
120 minutes.
ComedyDramaHistorybased on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapowaterboardingnazi occupationconcentration camp survivorhopelessnessradio newsrumorspowforced laborjews in hidingwater torturerumoursgerman occupation of poland
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.
Year 1999
Director Peter Kassovitz
Crew Jurek Becker (Novel), Didier Decoin (Screenplay), Steven Haft (Producer), Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography), Claire Simpson (Editor), Kerry Barden (Casting)
Popularity 2
Language English
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