Jakob the Liar
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- Runtime
- 120 mins
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.
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
- Liev Schreiber
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon
- Alan Arkin
- Michael Jeter
- Bob Balaban
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Éva Igó
- István Bálint
- Mark Margolis
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Justus von Dohnányi
- Kathleen Gati
- Zofia Saretok
Director
- Peter Kassovitz
Producers
- Steven Haft
Screenwriter
- Didier Decoin
- Marsha Garces Williams
