Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar (1999)

1999-09-16 · 120 min · Rating 6.70/10 (397 votes)

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

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based on novel or book concentration camp survivor execution forced labor german occupation of poland gestapo holocaust (shoah) hope hopelessness jewish ghetto jewish life jewry jews in hiding nazi occupation polish resistance pow radio radio news rumors rumours ss (nazi schutzstaffel) water torture waterboarding world war ii

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