Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
1999 2 hours
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.
16th September 1999
27 years ago
2 hours
Finishes at 1:11am
$45,000,000 ($89,302,500 today)
Revenue $4,956,701
2 wins & 3 nominations total
6.5/10
31%
40%
67%
51%
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