Jakob the Liar (1999)
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.
- Released
- 1999-09-16
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz, Peter Kassovitz
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 423 votes
Cast
- Robin Williams as Jakob Heym
- Liev Schreiber as Mischa
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein
- Alan Arkin as Max Frankfurter
- Michael Jeter as Avron
- Bob Balaban as Kowalsky
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
- Éva Igó as Lina's Mother
- István Bálint as Lina's Father
- Mark Margolis as Fajngold
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Herschel
- Justus von Dohnányi as Preuss