Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

Released on
Comedy, Drama, History
Runtime
120 mins
(365 votes)

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

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