Film
Jakob the Liar (1999)
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Comedy, Drama, History· Directed by Peter Kassovitz· 120 min
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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Connections
Top billing
- Robin Williams as Jakob Heym
- Liev Schreiber as Mischa
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein
- Alan Arkin as Max Frankfurter
- Michael Jeter as Avron