Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

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1999 · 120 min · PG-13 · Comedy · Drama · History · TMDB 6.7/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

Cast

Robin Williams — Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber — Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon — Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin — Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter — Avron