Jakob the Liar

Release date: 1999-09-16
Runtime: 120
Country: France, Hungary, United States of America
Budget: $45,000,000

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.

Director: Peter Kassovitz

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Éva Igó, István Bálint, Mark Margolis