Jakob the Liar
1999·Movie
·2h 0min·
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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.
Holocaust DramaWar PeriodHope & DespairHistorical FictionGhetto LifeHuman SpiritPsychological ImpactCharacter-DrivenSobering & Moving
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Directed by:
Peter Kassovitz, Nada Pinter
Written by:
Didier Decoin, Jurek Becker, Marsha Garces Williams
Produced by:
Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden, Steven Haft
Composed by:
Edward Shearmur
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