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Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar

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Jakob the Liar

PG-13·1999·120m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Novel

Jurek Becker

Screenplay

Didier Decoin

Screenplay

Marsha Garces Williams

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$45,000,000.00

Revenue:

$4,956,701.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
jewish ghetto
polish resistance
jewry
hope
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
world war ii
jewish life
radio
execution
gestapo
waterboarding
nazi occupation
concentration camp survivor
hopelessness
radio news
rumors
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forced labor
jews in hiding
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german occupation of poland
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