Jakob the Liar
"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.
| Release Date | September 16, 1999 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Jakob the Liar | |
| Runtime | 2h 0min | |
| Budget | $45,000,000 | |
| Revenue | $4,956,701 | |
| Language | English | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Companies | France, Hungary, United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions | |