Movie
Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
ComedyDramaHistory
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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Details
- Directed by
- Peter Kassovitz
- Released
- 16 Sept 1999
- Status
- Released
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Box office
- $4,956,701
- Votes
- 421 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
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- IIstván BálintLina's Father
Mark MargolisFajngold
Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
Justus von DohnányiPreuss
Kathleen GatiHooker
Zofia SaretokNeighbor
