Jakob the Liar

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.

Country:

France,

Hungary,

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama,

History

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1999

Director:

Peter Kassovitz

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Company:

Global Medien KG,

Columbia Pictures,

Blue Wolf,

Kasso Productions

Budget:

$45,000,000

Revenue:

$4,956,701

Cast:

Jakob Heym

Mischa

Lina Kronstein

Max Frankfurter

Avron

Crew:

Novel

Screenplay

Producer

Screenplay

Director of Photography