Jakob the Liar
375 reviews
Comedy/Drama
2h
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...
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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.
- DirectorPeter Kassovitz
- Release16 September 1999
- Genre
- Duration2h
- Budget$45,000,000
- Revenue$4,956,701
- Rate375 reviews
- Productions
Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Cast

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

Mark Margolis
Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss

Kathleen Gati
Hooker

Zofia Saretok
Neighbor

Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter

Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter
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