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Jakob the Liar

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

6.7/ 10 · 0K votes
1999-09-16
2h
EN
Released

Storyline

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.

Budget

$45M

Box Office

$5M

Production

Global Medien KG
Columbia PicturesColumbia Pictures
Blue Wolf
Kasso Productions

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