Jakob the Liar (1999)
09/16/1999 (FR) • 2h
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jakob Heym
Mischa
Lina Kronstein
Max Frankfurter
Avron
Kowalsky
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Lina's Mother
Lina's Father
Recommendations
Chinese Coffee
67%
The Aristocrats
59%
James Dean
68%
Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police Protection
72%
Guardian of the Palace
68%
Fathers' Day
55%
Stuck with You
46%
Sam & Kate
62%
My Life
67%
December Boys
60%
Daddy's Little Girls
69%
Good
61%
Patch Adams
73%
Forever Strong
71%
Jack
63%
Harry and Meghan: Escaping the Palace
67%
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
74%
Sea of Love
66%
Women Vs Men
55%
Anna and the King
68%
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$45,000,000.00
Revenue
$4,956,701.00
Keywords
based on novel or book
jewish ghetto
polish resistance
jewry
hope
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
jewish life
radio
execution
gestapo
waterboarding
nazi occupation
concentration camp survivor
hopelessness
radio news
rumors
pow
forced labor
jews in hiding
water torture
rumours
german occupation of poland
nazi train
© All Rights Reserved 2025