Jakob the Liar

1999    2h    PG-13
Comedy, Drama,
6.529%63%67%
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.
Directed By
Peter Kassovitz
Studio
Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures,
Cast of Jakob the Liar
  • Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
  • Liev SchreiberMischa
  • Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
  • Alan ArkinMax Frenkfurter
  • Michael JeterAvron
  • Bob BalabanKowalsky
  • Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
  • Éva IgóLina's Mother
  • Stephan BalintLinas's Father
  • Mark MargolisFajngold
  • Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
  • Justus von DohnányiPreuss
  • Kathleen GatiHocker
  • Zofia Saretok
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