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Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

1999★ 6.7 · 4092h 0mComedyDramaHistory

Overview

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

Alan Arkin
as Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter
as Avron

Bob Balaban
as Kowalsky

Nina Siemaszko
as Rosa Frankfurter

Mark Margolis
as Fajngold

Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Mathieu Kassovitz
as Herschel

Igó Éva
as Lina's Mother

Justus von Dohnányi
as Preuss

Kathleen Gati
as Hooker

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Release date: 1999-09-16

Budget: $45,000,000

Revenue: $4,956,701

Runtime: 2h 0m

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ComedyDramaHistory

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