Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar (1999)

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

Date of release
1999-09-16
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (421)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, History
Director
Peter Kassovitz

Casting

  • 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
  • Éva Igó — Lina's Mother
  • István Bálint — Lina's Father
  • Mark Margolis — Fajngold
  • Mathieu Kassovitz — Herschel
  • Justus von Dohnányi — Preuss

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