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Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
6.7 / 10• 1999• 2h 0m•PG-13• English
ComedyDramaHistory
Storyline
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 & Crew
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Kassovitz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Jakob the Liar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
