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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

19996.72h 0m

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.

Directed by Peter Kassovitz
Written by Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams
Box OfficeBudget: $45.0MRevenue: $5.0M

Top 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

I

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapowaterboardingnazi occupationconcentration camp survivorhopelessnessradio newsrumorspowforced laborjews in hidingwater torturerumoursgerman occupation of polandnazi train

About Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar is a comedy, drama, history film released in 1999 exploring themes of based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, polish resistance, jewry, hope, ss (nazi schutzstaffel). Directed by Peter Kassovitz, it stars Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon. 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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