1999PG-13· 120 min
Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Drama
6.7 / 10TMDB Score
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
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter
Tags
jewish ghettojewish lifejewrynazisRobin WilliamsschutzstaffelWorld War II
