Jakob the Liar (movie)
- User score: 6.7
- Production country: France, Hungary, United States of America
- Producer: Peter Kassovitz
- Production companies: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
- Budget: $45,000,000
- Revenue: $4,956,701
- Release date: 9/16/1999
- Run time: 120 min.
Movie description
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.
