Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar (1999)

6.7 120 min Movie
ComedyDramaHistory

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 Robin Williams Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon Hannah Taylor-Gordon Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin Alan Arkin Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter Michael Jeter Avron
Bob Balaban Bob Balaban Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó Éva Igó Lina's Mother
István Bálint István Bálint Lina's Father
Mark Margolis Mark Margolis Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi Justus von Dohnányi Preuss

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