Jakob the Liar
Peter Kassovitz | France
September 16, 1999 | 120m
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Comedy
Drama
History
Overview:
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.
Credits
| Robin Williams | Jakob Heym |
| Liev Schreiber | Mischa |
| Hannah Taylor-Gordon | Lina Kronstein |
| Alan Arkin | Max Frankfurter |
| Michael Jeter | Avron |
16 results
Rows per page
Page 1 of 4
Budget
Watch Providers
Powered by JustWatch
Rent
10
2
3
192
68Buy
102319268Keywords
based on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapowaterboardingnazi occupationconcentration camp survivorhopelessnessradio newsrumorspowforced laborjews in hidingwater torturerumoursgerman occupation of polandnazi train
