Jakob the Liar

2h

Comedy

Drama

History

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.

Production Companies

Global Medien KG

Columbia Pictures

Blue Wolf

Kasso Productions

Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter
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
Nina Siemaszko

Nina Siemaszko

Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewska

Grażyna Barszczewska

Mrs. Frankfurter

Release date

16th Sep 1999

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English