Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar
Release: 1999-09-16
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Hungary
United States of America
Production Companies
Global Medien KG
Columbia Pictures
Blue Wolf
Kasso Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Robin Williams
as Jakob Heym
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Mark Margolis
as Fajngold
Justus von Dohnányi
as Preuss
Nina Siemaszko
as Rosa Frankfurter
Liev Schreiber
as Mischa
Bob Balaban
as Kowalsky
Éva Igó
as Lina's Mother
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Herschel
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
as Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
as Avron
Zofia Saretok
as Neighbor
Grażyna Barszczewska
as Mrs. Frankfurter
Kathleen Gati
as Hooker