Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Sept. 16, 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.

Jakob the Liar

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Sept. 16, 1999

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures, Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Original title Jakob the Liar
Directors Nada Pinter, Peter Kassovitz
Writers Marsha Garces Williams, Didier Decoin, Jurek Becker

Cast

Robin Williams

as Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

as Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

as Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

as Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter

as Avron

Bob Balaban

as Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

as Lina's Mother

István Bálint

as Linas's Father

Mark Margolis

as Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz

as Herschel

Kathleen Gati

as Hocker