Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
1999
2h
Director: Peter Kassovitz
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.
Cast
16 people
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