Jakob the Liar
Film1999120 min6.7/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Peter Kassovitz
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
Liev SchreiberMischa
Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
Michael JeterAvron
Bob BalabanKowalsky
Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva IgóLina's MotherIstván Bálint
István BálintLina's Father
Mark MargolisFajngold
Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
Justus von DohnányiPreussExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Didier Decoin
- Director of Photography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Producer
- Steven Haft
- Editor
- Claire Simpson
- Original Music Composer
- Edward Shearmur
- Producer
- Marsha Garces Williams
- Screenplay
- Peter Kassovitz