Jakob the Liar

1999 · Comedy, Drama, History · 120 min

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.

Robin Williams

Liev Schreiber

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Alan Arkin

Michael Jeter

Bob Balaban

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Éva Igó

István Bálint

Mark Margolis

Mathieu Kassovitz

Justus von Dohnányi