Jakob the Liar 1999

Name: Jakob the Liar
Released: 1999-09-16
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Peter Kassovitz
Written by:	Didier Decoin & Marsha Garces Williams
Release date:	1999-09-16
Runtime:	120 minutes
Critics score:	29 / 100
Tagline:	When all hope was lost, he invented it.