Film
Jakob the Liar
1999Directed by Peter Kassovitz
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- Runtime
- 2h
About Jakob the Liar
- Comedy
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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
- Writers
- Didier Decoin
- Jurek Becker
- Peter Kassovitz
