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Jakob the Liar
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.
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban
Crew: Jurek Becker (Novel), Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography), Peter Kassovitz (Director), Billy Hopkins (Casting), Steven Haft (Producer), Kerry Barden (Casting)
Studio: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Runtime: 120 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Sep 16, 1999
Country: France, Hungary, United States of America
Language: English
Keyword : based on novel or book jewish ghetto polish resistance jewry hope ss (nazi schutzstaffel) holocaust (shoah) world war ii jewish life radio execution gestapo waterboarding nazi occupation concentration camp survivor hopelessness radio news rumors pow forced labor jews in hiding water torture rumours german occupation of poland
