Flixtheatre

Jakob the Liar

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

1999 120 min 6.7

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1999-09-16
Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $4,956,701
Production: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions