Jakob the Liar (1999)
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near 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. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of information from "his secret radio." Jakob, however, has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from a camp transport train. A rather uplifting and slightly humorous film about World War II Jewish Ghetto life.Genres: Drama, War
Actors: Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon
Directors: Peter Kassovitz
Countries: France, Hungary, USA
Writers: Jurek Becker, Peter Kassovitz
Runtime: 2h
Release: 1999-09-24
IMDb: 6.5
