Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

1999
2h 0m
6.7

6.7/10

399 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama History

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

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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Status: Released

Budget: $45,000,000

Revenue: $4,956,701

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Global Medien KG Columbia Pictures Blue Wolf Kasso Productions
Production Countries
France Hungary United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

based on novel or book jewish ghetto polish resistance jewry hope ss (nazi schutzstaffel) holocaust (shoah) world war ii jewish life radio execution gestapo waterboarding nazi occupation concentration camp survivor hopelessness radio news rumors pow forced labor jews in hiding water torture rumours german occupation of poland

Quick Facts

Release Date September 16, 1999
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0120716

Cast

Robin Williams
Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó
Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint
István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi
Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

Key Crew

Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Steven Haft
Producer
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay