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Jakob the Liar

09/16/1999

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2hrs 0min

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Comedy

,Drama

,History

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Robin Williams
  • Liev Schreiber
  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon
  • Alan Arkin
  • Michael Jeter

    Directors

  • Peter Kassovitz
  • Nada Pinter

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Global Medien KG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • Blue Wolf
  • Kasso Productions

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Hungary
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

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