Jakob the Liar

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.

Release Date

16 September 1999

120 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Jakob Heym
Lina Kronstein
Max Frankfurter
Kowalsky
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Lina's Mother
Lina's Father