Jakob the Liar
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.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
- Studio: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
- Keyword: jewish ghetto, jewry, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), jewish life
- Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban