Movie·1999·120 min

Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Jakob the Liar streams in the US on Howdy Amazon Channel, and free with ads on The Roku Channel, YouTube Free and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy Drama 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.

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