Movie · 1999
Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
Released 16 September 1999 120 min Comedy / Drama / History More from 1999 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Alan Arkin
as Max Frankfurter
Zofia Saretok
as Neighbor
Mark Margolis
as Fajngold
István Bálint
as Lina's Father
Bob Balaban
as Kowalsky
Robin Williams
as Jakob Heym
Michael Jeter
as Avron
Éva Igó
as Lina's Mother
Kathleen Gati
as Hooker
Justus von Dohnányi
as Preuss
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Herschel
Liev Schreiber
as Mischa
Nina Siemaszko
as Rosa Frankfurter
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Lina Kronstein
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The numbers
56years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Armin Mueller-Stahl — oldest on the call sheet
12Hannah Taylor-Gordon — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast