Jakob the Liar backdrop
Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7 / 1019992h 0m

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.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Status: Released

Director: Peter Kassovitz

Website:

Main 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

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Trailer

User Reviews

No reviews for this movie yet.