Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Rating: 6.703
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

6.7

402 reviews

Information

Producer:Peter Kassovitz

Year:1999

Genre:Comedy, Drama, History

Popularity:2

Duration:2:00

IMDb:View on IMDb

Cast

Robin WilliamsLiev SchreiberHannah Taylor-GordonAlan ArkinMichael JeterBob BalabanArmin Mueller-Stahl

Overview

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.