Film

Jakob the Liar

1999 · 2h · Comedy · Drama · History

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

31%

Metacritic

40

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.

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

• Peter KassovitzDirector · Screenplay
• Didier DecoinScreenplay
• Jurek BeckerNovel
• Steven HaftProducer
• Marsha Garces WilliamsProducer
• Elemér RagályiDirector of Photography
• Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
• Claire SimpsonEditor
• Billy HopkinsCasting
• Kerry BardenCasting

Jakob the Liar (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Release date

September 16, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$4,956,701

Genres

Comedy, Drama, History

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