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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.

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Box Office

Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $4,956,701
ROI: -89.0%

Verdict: Flop

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Crew

Directors

> Peter Kassovitz (Director)
> Elemér Ragályi (Director of Photography)

Writers

> Didier Decoin (Screenplay)
> Jurek Becker (Novel)
> Peter Kassovitz (Screenplay)