Jakob the Liar

(1999)Directed by Peter Kassovitz120 min · PG-13Comedy, Drama, History
When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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 Williamsas Jakob Heym
Hannah Taylor-Gordonas Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkinas Max Frankfurter
Bob Balabanas Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahlas Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igóas Lina's Mother
István Bálintas Lina's Father
Mark Margolisas Fajngold
Kathleen Gatias Hooker
Zofia Saretokas Neighbor
Nina Siemaszkoas Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewskaas Mrs. Frankfurter