Jakob the Liar
6.71999120 min
ComedyDramaHistory
"When all hope was lost, he invented it."
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.
Top Cast
Robin Williams as Jakob Heym,Liev Schreiber as Mischa,Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein,Alan Arkin as Max Frankfurter,Michael Jeter as Avron,Bob Balaban as Kowalsky,Armin Mueller-Stahl as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum,Éva Igó as Lina's Mother
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Production
Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions