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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

ComedyDramaHistory

Release: 1999-09-16Runtime: 120 minRating: 6.7 (397)

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

Crew

Jurek Becker

Novel

Elemér Ragályi

Elemér Ragályi

Director of Photography

Peter Kassovitz

Peter Kassovitz

Director

Billy Hopkins

Casting

Steven Haft

Producer

Kerry Barden

Casting

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting

Wiesława Starska

Wiesława Starska

Costume Design

Katalin Jakots

Makeup Artist

Edward Shearmur

Edward Shearmur

Original Music Composer

Clips & Videos

Jakob the Liar (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Jakob the Liar (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER