Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7
19992h

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.

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Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Photo of Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Photo of Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Photo of Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Photo of Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Photo of Éva Igó

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

Photo of Nina Siemaszko

Nina Siemaszko

Rosa Frankfurter

Photo of Grażyna Barszczewska

Grażyna Barszczewska

Mrs. Frankfurter

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