Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar (1999) is a Comedy and Drama film from France in the GoMovies catalog, running 2h. Directed by Peter Kassovitz, it features Robin Williams and Liev Schreiber. Viewers rate it 6.7/10 from 426 votes. 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.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
- Country: France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
- Director: Peter Kassovitz
- Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Éva Igó, István Bálint, Mark Margolis, Mathieu Kassovitz, Justus von Dohnányi


















