Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Directed by: Peter Kassovitz
6.7 402
ComedyDramaHistory
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

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
I
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
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