JAKOB THE LIAR (1999)

6.7
0.41K
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
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
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter
Crew
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Jurek Becker
Novel
Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Steven Haft
Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer