Jakob the Liar(1999)

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

67

2h

  • Comedy,
  • Drama,
  • History

Overview

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

    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

  • Bob Balaban

    Bob Balaban

    Kowalsky

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

  • Éva Igó

    Éva Igó

    Lina's Mother

  • Mark Margolis

    Mark Margolis

    Fajngold

  • Mathieu Kassovitz

    Mathieu Kassovitz

    Herschel

  • Justus von Dohnányi

    Justus von Dohnányi

    Preuss

  • Kathleen Gati

    Kathleen Gati

    Hooker

  • Zofia Saretok

    Zofia Saretok

    Neighbor

  • Nina Siemaszko

    Nina Siemaszko

    Rosa Frankfurter

  • Grażyna Barszczewska

    Grażyna Barszczewska

    Mrs. Frankfurter

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    Status

    Released (Sep 16, 1999)

    Budget

    $45,000,000

    Revenue

    $4,956,701

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