Where to Watch Jakob the Liar (1999) in the US

What it's about

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near 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. Jakob uses the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell favorable tales of information from "his secret radio." Jakob, however, has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from a camp transport train. A rather uplifting and slightly humorous film about World War II Jewish Ghetto life.

Cast and crew

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Writer

Jurek Becker, Peter Kassovitz, Didier Decoin

Starring

Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Eva Igo

Details

Release date

Sep 24, 1999

Language

English

Country

United States, Germany

Box office

$4,956,401

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations total

Where to Watch Jakob the Liar (1999) in the US — common questions

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