Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
September 16, 1999
120 min
PG-13
✓ Released 9700 days ago
Comedy
Drama
History
6.7
User Score
398 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Runtime: 120 min
Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $4,956,701
Top Cast
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
