
Jakob the Liar
66.88% | September 16, 1999 | Comedy, Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
Jurek Becker
Novel
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Cast

Robin Williams
Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber
Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter
Avron
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