Director
87 years old
Peter Kassovitz
Budapest, Hungary
Peter Kassovitz (born November 17, 1938) is a French film director and scriptwriter. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He left the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father of film director Mathieu Kassovitz. He directed the film Jakob the... Read full bio →
Jakob the Liar
Peter Kassovitz
1999
2h
6.2
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.
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