Jakob the Liar (1999)

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."Movie
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Jakob the Liar
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StarringRobin WilliamsLiev SchreiberHannah Taylor-Gordon
DirectorPeter Kassovitz
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PG-13 2 hrSep 16th, 1999Drama, Comedy, History
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 16th, 1999
On DVD & Blu-ray:March 21st, 2000 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$45,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$4,956,701 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Jakob the Liar on the Web:WikiData
based on novel or bookworld war iiholocaust (shoah)radiohopeexecutionnazi occupationjewish lifegestapohopelessness

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