Jakob the Liar
1999·Movie·
·2h 0min
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About
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
DNA
- Themes
- Click below to reveal spoilersSurvivalPower Of ImaginationIsolationFriendshipHope In The Darkest HourHumanity In Crisis
- Plot
- Click below to reveal spoilersUncertain FutureEscaping RealitySpreading False HopeMoral DilemmasLife In A Ghetto
- Time
- Cinematic Style
- Costume and Set
Sequels and Prequels
No sequels or prequels available
Crew
Directed by:
Elemér Ragályi, Peter Kassovitz
Produced by:
Steven Haft, Lew Rywin
Composed by:
Edward Shearmur
Cast
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