Jakob the Liar (1999)
"When all hope was lost, he invented it."
Title: Jakob the Liar
Original Title: Jakob the Liar
Release Date: 1999-09-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 369 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama, History
Production Companies: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
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.
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
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
