Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
1999•PG-13•2h 0m•6.7•Released
ComedyDramaHistory
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
Writer
Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Budget
$45M
Revenue
$5M
Languages
English
Studio
Global Medien KG
Cast
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Production
Company
Global Medien KG
Company
Columbia Pictures
Company
Blue Wolf
Company
Kasso Productions
Producer
Steven Haft
Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Recommended
7
The Boy in the Woods
2023
7
The Zone of Interest
2023
6.8
Denial
2016
7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
8
Jojo Rabbit
2019
7
The Way Back
2010
7.9
Ben-Hur
1959
7
September 5
2024
6.2
Origin
2023
6.8
God on Trial
2008
6.8
A Call to Spy
2020
7.4
The Right Stuff
1983
6.8
A Real Pain
2024
6.7
The Eichmann Show
2015
7
Shattered Glass
2003
6
Raid on Entebbe
1976
6.8
The Railway Man
2013
7.4
The Best of Enemies
2019
7.6
The Six Triple Eight
2024
6.5
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
2023
Similar Movies
7
24 Hour Party People
2002
6.8
The Assault
1986
7.3
Adaptation.
2002
6.9
In the Name of the Law
1932
7.2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
6.1
The Match
2021
6.5
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
7.1
The Things of Life
1970
10
Naše XI.
1936
8
Barry Lyndon
1975
7.3
Battle Royale
2000
5
Will You Marry My Wife?
2016
9
Un crime de guerre
1994
6.2
The Invisible Collection
2009
6.2
Main Line to Terror
1975
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
1999
6.6
Emma
1996
6.9
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961
5.7
Odette Toulemonde
2007
6
Under Capricorn
1949