The movie Jakob the Liar (Original title Jakob the Liar) has in the main roles on Robin Williams (Jakob Heym), Liev Schreiber (Mischa), Alan Arkin (Max Frenkfurter), Michael Jeter (Avron), Bob Balaban (Kowalsky), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum), Mark Margolis (Fajngold) The release date of the movie is 16.09.1999. This movie it is produced by Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions . Filmed in the following locations: Budapest, Hungary . Production countries: France, Hungary, United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Comedy, Movies Drama, Movies History
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.