Release Date
1999-09-16
Status
Released
Original Title
Jakob the Liar
Runtime
2h 0m
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$4,956,701
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
Production Companies
Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
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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