Jakob the Liar
19992ч 0мин12+
(402)
"When all hope was lost, he invented it."
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.
Director:Peter Kassovitz
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateSeptember 16, 1999
Age Rating12+
Original Languageen
Budget45 000 000 щ.д.
Revenue4 956 701 щ.д.
Statistics
Vote Count402
Popularity2
Languages
English
Production Countries
FranceHungaryUnited States of America
Production Companies
Global Medien KG
Columbia Pictures
Blue Wolf
Kasso Productions
Crew
Writers
Didier Decoin
Peter Kassovitz
Producers
Steven Haft
Marsha Garces Williams
Composer
Edward Shearmur
Cinematography
Elemér Ragályi
Editor
Claire Simpson
Keywords
based on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapowaterboardingnazi occupationconcentration camp survivorhopelessnessradio newsrumorspowforced laborjews in hidingwater torturerumoursgerman occupation of poland
