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.
Views: 1134
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Actors: Alan Arkin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bob Balaban, Éva Igó, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, István Bálint, Liev Schreiber, Mark Margolis, Michael Jeter, Robin Williams
Country: France, Germany, Hungary, United States of America
Company: Blue Wolf Productions, Columbia Pictures, Kasso Inc. Productions
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
Budget: $45,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $4,956,401
Duration:
2hRelease: 1999
Release Date: 1999-09-16
IMDb: 6.5
TMDB: 6.68
Rotten Tomatoes: 29%
Metacritic: 40
FilmAffinity: 6.2