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Jakob the Liar

1999 � 6.5/10

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.

Release Date
9/16/1999
Runtime
2 hours and 0 minutes
Director
Peter Kassovitz
Budget
$45,000,000

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
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewska
Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter

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