Jakob the Liar
Rating: 6.7 · 1999 · Comedy, Drama, History · USA, France, Hungary · 2 ч
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1999
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Country
- USA, France, Hungary
- Runtime
- 2 ч
- TMDB
- 6.7
- IMDb
- 6.7
- Tagline
- When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Director
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
- István Bálint — Lina's Father
- Mark Margolis — Fajngold
- Mathieu Kassovitz — Herschel
- Justus von Dohnányi — Preuss
- Kathleen Gati — Hooker
- Zofia Saretok — Neighbor
- Nina Siemaszko — Rosa Frankfurter
- Grażyna Barszczewska — Mrs. Frankfurter