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When all hope was lost, he invented it. - Jakob the Liar
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Title: Jakob the Liar

Release Date: 16 Sep 1999

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Director: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions

Production Companies: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions

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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Average Vote: 6.702 (369 votes)

Cast

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