Jakob the Liar(1999)

Name: Jakob the Liar
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Rating: 6.7

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7(406)2h1999-09-16

ComedyDramaHistory

Overview

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:: Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Producers:: Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams
Cinematographer:: Elemér Ragályi
Composer:: Edward Shearmur
Production:: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Budget:: $45,000,000
Revenue:: $4,956,701
Status:: Released