Jakob the Liar (1999)
Ratings:
6.7 (TMDb)
Released:
1999-09-16
Runtime:
2h 0m
Genres:
Comedy, Drama, History
Countries:
France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
Director:
Peter Kassovitz
Actors:
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Éva Igó
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.