Jakob The Liar (12A)
- Run time: 1 hour 59 mins
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 5th November 1999
- Starring: Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban
- Directed by: Peter Kassovitz
- Official Website: http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/f_jakobtheliar.html
- Distributor: Tristar Pictures
Plot Synopsis
During World War II in Nazi occupied Poland, poor Jewish café owner Jakob (Robin Williams) accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes against German forces. To fight the incredible depression and suicide throughout the ghetto, Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however, and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it.