JAKOB THE LIAR (1999)

Jakob the Liar
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Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Comedy, Drama, History
September 16, 1999
English
2h 0m
United States
Global Medien KG
$45,000,000

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 & Characters

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Nina Siemaszko

Rosa Frankfurter

Grażyna Barszczewska

Mrs. Frankfurter

Crew

Didier Decoin

Screenplay

Peter Kassovitz

Screenplay

Edward Shearmur

Original Music Composer

Elemér Ragályi

Director of Photography

Steven Haft

Producer

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