Jakob the Liar (1999)
Comedy • Drama • History • 2ч 0м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.7
(405)
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
No photo
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
Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter
Crew
Jurek Becker
Novel
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Billy Hopkins
Casting
Steven Haft
Producer
Kerry Barden
Casting
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Katalin Jakots
Makeup Artist
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist
Claire Simpson
Editor
Maja Gawinska
Makeup Artist
Gabriella Németh
Hairstylist
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Kelley Ray
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lew Rywin
Co-Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay
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