Jakob the Liar
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.
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Peter KassovitzDirector
Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
Liev SchreiberMischa
Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
Michael JeterAvron
Bob BalabanKowalsky
Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva IgóLina's Mother
Mark MargolisFajngold
Mathieu KassovitzHerschel
Justus von DohnányiPreuss
Edward ShearmurComposer
Didier DecoinWriter
Elemér RagályiCinematographyJakob the Liar
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.
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Peter KassovitzDirectorRobin WilliamsJakob HeymLiev SchreiberMischaHannah Taylor-GordonLina KronsteinAlan ArkinMax FrankfurterMichael JeterAvronBob BalabanKowalskyArmin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. KirschbaumÉva IgóLina's MotherMark MargolisFajngoldMathieu KassovitzHerschelJustus von DohnányiPreussEdward ShearmurComposerDidier DecoinWriterElemér RagályiCinematography