Jakob the Liar (1999)
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 0m
- Director Peter Kassovitz
- Genres Comedy Drama History
- Rating 6.7/10 (416 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Robin Williams
as Jakob Heym
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Liev Schreiber
as Mischa
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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Lina Kronstein
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Alan Arkin
as Max Frankfurter
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Michael Jeter
as Avron
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Bob Balaban
as Kowalsky
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
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Éva Igó
as Lina's Mother
- István Bálint as Lina's Father
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Mark Margolis
as Fajngold
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Mathieu Kassovitz
as Herschel
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Justus von Dohnányi
as Preuss
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Kathleen Gati
as Hooker
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Zofia Saretok
as Neighbor
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Nina Siemaszko
as Rosa Frankfurter
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Grażyna Barszczewska
as Mrs. Frankfurter
Crew
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Peter Kassovitz
Director
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Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
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Claire Simpson
Editor
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Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
- Steven Haft Producer
- Marsha Garces Williams Producer
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Didier Decoin
Screenplay
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Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay
