Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6.697
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

Comedy

Drama

History

19992h 0m6.7

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.