Film · Drama, Comedy, History
Jakob the Liar (1999)
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writers
- Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 16, 1999
Cast
Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
Liev SchreiberMischa
Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
Michael JeterAvron
Bob BalabanKowalsky
Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva IgóLina's Mother- István BálintLina's Father
Mark MargolisFajngold
Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
Justus von DohnányiPreuss
Kathleen GatiHooker
Zofia SaretokNeighbor
Nina SiemaszkoRosa Frankfurter
Grażyna BarszczewskaMrs. Frankfurter
