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Jakob the Liar (1999)

Jakob the Liar (1999)

PG-13 120 minutes EN Comedy , 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.
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Cast

Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frenkfurter
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Linas's Father
Mark Margolis
Fajngold

Crew

Ed Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Katalin Jakots
Makeup Artist
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Steven Haft
Producer
Kerry Barden
Casting
Didier Decoin
Screenplay