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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7 Rating
120 min 1999

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.

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Status

Released

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$4,956,701

Original Language

EN

Production Companies

Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue Wolf

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