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Jakob the Liar

1999 · 120 min · Comedy, Drama, History · ★ 6.7

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

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