Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

1999 · 120 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.7 (422 votes)
Dir. Peter Kassovitz · Starring Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban · Music Edward Shearmur

“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”

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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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A somber yet hopeful tale set in a WWII ghetto. It captures the quiet tension of daily life under occupation, punctuated by moments of brave defiance and the enduring human spirit.

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