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Jakob the Liar (1999)  link to Jakob the Liar on IMDb  

Number: 451

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IMDb Rating:
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6.5/10 (13.4K votes)

Country: France, 120 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Drama, War

Director(s): Peter Kassovitz

Storyline:
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:

Robin Williams Jakob
Kathleen Gati Hooker
Bob Balaban Kowalsky
Alan Arkin Frankfurter
Michael Jeter Avron

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Large Folder Page 48

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1