Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
1999-09-16 | 120 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
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Liev SchreiberMischa
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Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
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Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
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Michael JeterAvron
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Bob BalabanKowalsky
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Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
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Éva IgóLina's Mother
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Mark MargolisFajngold
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Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
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Justus von DohnányiPreuss
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Kathleen GatiHooker
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Zofia SaretokNeighbor
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Nina SiemaszkoRosa Frankfurter
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Grażyna BarszczewskaMrs. Frankfurter
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