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Jakob the Liar

Where:

🇵🇱 Poland

When:

The 1940s

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.

Released in 1999 — 120 minutes

Genres:

Comedy Drama History

Language:

English