Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

Original title: Jakob the Liar

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6.7/10

(378)

9/16/1999

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2h 0min

Jakob the Liar

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Comedy
Drama
History

Synopsis

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.

Direction: Peter Kassovitz

Producer: Steven Haft
Budget 45M

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

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

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