PG-1319992hComedyDramaHistory
Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
53Pop Score9 of 9 sources
Audiences +24 vs criticsIn 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, Writer
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writer
- Didier Decoin
- Novel
- Jurek Becker
- Music
- Edward Shearmur
- Cinematography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Editor
- Claire Simpson
Ratings
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Top billed cast
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 16 Sept 1999
- Original language
- English
