
Jakob the Liar
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.
- Released
- 1999-09-16
- Runtime
- 120 minutes
- Budget
- $45M
- Revenue
- $5M
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, History