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Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

  • Movie
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • 2h

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 426 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Robin Williams

    Robin WilliamsJakob Heym

  • Liev Schreiber

    Liev SchreiberMischa

  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon

    Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein

  • Alan Arkin

    Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter

  • Michael Jeter

    Michael JeterAvron

  • Bob Balaban

    Bob BalabanKowalsky

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum

  • Éva Igó

    Éva IgóLina's Mother

  • István BálintLina's Father

  • Mark Margolis

    Mark MargolisFajngold

  • Mathieu Kassovitz

    Mathieu KassovitzHerschel

  • Justus von Dohnányi

    Justus von DohnányiPreuss

  • Kathleen Gati

    Kathleen GatiHooker

  • Zofia Saretok

    Zofia SaretokNeighbor

  • Nina Siemaszko

    Nina SiemaszkoRosa Frankfurter

  • Grażyna Barszczewska

    Grażyna BarszczewskaMrs. Frankfurter

Director
Peter Kassovitz
Writer
Didier Decoin, Jurek Becker and Peter Kassovitz
Music
Edward Shearmur
Cinematography
Elemér Ragályi