Jakob the Liar (1999)
"When all hope was lost, he invented it."
ThumbScore
👍 75%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 34%
(RT: 29%, MC: 40) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein
Éva Igó as Lina's Mother
Is Jakob the Liar good?
Most people think so. 75% audience score, estimated from 421 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 34%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
