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

Novel

Didier Decoin

Screenplay

Marsha Garces Williams

Screenplay

Peter Kassovitz

Director

Cast

Robin Williams's headshot

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber's headshot

Liev Schreiber

Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon's headshot

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin's headshot

Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter
Michael Jeter's headshot

Michael Jeter

Avron
Bob Balaban's headshot

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl's headshot

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó's headshot

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

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