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Jakob the Liar ( 1999 )

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

6.7 /10 (389.0)
120 min ● Sep 16, 1999 ● English

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.

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