Jakob the Liar (1999)

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Stars: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Release Date: 1999-09-16

Country: France, Hungary, United States of America

Ratings: 6.693 / 10 (392 votes)

Runtime: 120 mins