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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1999

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, History

User Score

67%

Original Title

Jakob the Liar

Production Companies

Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$4,956,701

Description

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.