
Jakob the Liar
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.
Top Billed Cast

Robin Williams
Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber
Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter
Avron
Featured Crew
Billy Hopkins
Casting
Kerry Barden
Casting
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist

Didier Decoin
Screenplay

Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography

Peter Kassovitz
Director

Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Steven Haft
Producer

Claire Simpson
Editor
Jurek Becker
Novel
Marsha Garces Williams
Screenplay

Wiesława Starska
Costume Design