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.
Year: 1999
Studio: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban
Crew: Billy Hopkins (Casting), Kerry Barden (Casting), Cheri Minns (Makeup Artist), Didier Decoin (Screenplay), Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography), Peter Kassovitz (Director)
Runtime: 120 minutes
Release: Sep 16, 1999
IMDb: 6.69/10 by 378 users
Popularity: 1
Country: France, Hungary, United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 45
Revenue: 4
Keyword : based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, polish resistance, jewry, hope, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jewish life, radio, execution, gestapo, waterboarding, nazi occupation, concentration camp survivor, hopelessness, radio news, rumors, pow, forced labor, jews in hiding, water torture, rumours, german occupation of poland, nazi train
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