Jakob the Liar
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.
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $5M
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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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Jakob the Liar returned 0.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $45M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Sep 16, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, France
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