Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar

Information

Release DateSeptember 16, 1999
Runtime2h
StatusReleased
Budget$45M
Revenue$5M
ProductionGlobal Medien KG, Columbia Pictures + 2 more
LanguagesEnglish
6.7
378 votes
Popularity1

Jakob the Liar

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

Synopsis

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 & Crew

Director

Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz

Featured Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter

Michael Jeter

Avron

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