Jakob the Liar [2290] Released: 1999-09-16 Revenue: $4,956,701 Budget: $45,000,000 Profit: $-40,043,299 Runtime: 120 mins Popularity: 2.1421 Vote Average: 6.7 Vote Count: 374 Overview: 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. Cast [16] Robin WilliamsJakob Heym Liev SchreiberMischa Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter Michael JeterAvron Bob BalabanKowalsky Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirsch Éva IgóLina's Mother István BálintLina's Father Mark MargolisFajngold Mathieu KassovitzHerschel Justus von DohnányiPreuss Kathleen GatiHooker Zofia SaretokNeighbor Nina SiemaszkoRosa Frankfurter Grażyna BarszczewskaMrs. Frankfurter Trailers Jakob the Liar (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER