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Jakob the Liar

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Jakob the Liar(1999)

Comedy, Drama, History

English

2h

6.698

User Score

Peter Kassovitz

Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz

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.