Jakob the Liar (1999) on Netflix
In 1944 Poland, shopkeeper Jakob Heym is falsely accused of breaking curfew and taken to German headquarters. He overhears a radio report of Soviet advances, and rumors of a secret radio spread.
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Plot summary
Jakob Heym is a Jewish shopkeeper in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland in 1944. Falsely accused of being out after curfew, he is summoned to German headquarters, and while he waits for the commander he overhears a radio broadcast about Soviet offensives. Back in the ghetto he shares what he heard with his friend Mischa. Radios are prohibited there, and possession is punishable by death, yet Mischa confides in other residents, and rumors spread that Jakob has a secret radio. He decides to keep the encouraging reports coming for the ghetto's inhabitants.
Cast
- István Bálintas Lina's Father
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jakob the Liar (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Robin Williams was up for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Jakob the Liar and Bicentennial Man, but Adam Sandler won it for Big Daddy. Williams did take the 1999 Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Actor for those two roles.
SPOILER
An alternate ending was made for Jakob the Liar. After Jakob dies, Soviet troops stop the train taking Jewish prisoners to a concentration camp and set the occupants free.- Robin Williams went on Friderikusz Show, then Hungary's most popular television talk show, while he was in Budapest filming.
