

Jakob the Liar (1999)
- PG-13
- 09/16/1999 (US)
- Comedy, Drama, History
- 2h
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
Jurek Becker
NovelPeter Kassovitz
DirectorDidier Decoin
ScreenplayMarsha Garces Williams
ScreenplayCast

Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum