Jakob the Liar (1999)

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"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

Movie · 1999 · 2h · Released · Rated PG-13 · 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.

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Cast

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

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