Jakob the Liar (1999)
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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.
- Release date
- September 24, 1999
- Country of origin
- Hungary, United States, Poland, France
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Box office
- $4,956,701
Trailer
Cast
- Robin Williams as Jakob
- Hannah Taylor Gordon as Lina
- Éva Igó as Lina's Mother
- István Bálint as Lina's Father
- Justus von Dohnányi as Preuss
- Kathleen Gati as Hooker
- Bob Balaban as Kowalsky
- Alan Arkin as Frankfurter
- Michael Jeter as Avron
- Mark Margolis as Fajngold
Crew
- Peter Kassovitz · Director
- Jurek Becker · Writer
- Peter Kassovitz · Writer
- Didier Decoin · Writer
- Steven Haft · Producer
- Marsha Garces Williams · Producer
- Edward Shearmur · Composer
- Elemér Ragályi · Cinematographer
- Claire Simpson · Editor
- Kerry Barden · Casting director
- Billy Hopkins · Casting director
- Suzanne Smith Crowley · Casting director
- Luciana Arrighi · Production designer