Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

1999 en 120 minutes

Rating: 6.687

Plot

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

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

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

István Bálint

Linas's Father

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

Kathleen Gati

Kathleen Gati

Hocker

Zofia Saretok

Zofia Saretok

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