Jakob the Liar

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.

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Cast

• 
  Robin Williams

  Jakob Heym
• 
  Liev Schreiber

  Mischa
• 
  Hannah Taylor-Gordon

  Lina Kronstein
• 
  Alan Arkin

  Max Frankfurter
• 
  Michael Jeter

  Avron
• 
  Bob Balaban

  Kowalsky

Crew

• Director · Peter Kassovitz
• Producer · Steven Haft
• Screenplay · Didier Decoin
• Producer · Marsha Garces Williams
• Screenplay · Peter Kassovitz