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Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.70/10

Release date: 1999-09-16

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.

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • History

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