Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar (1999)

1999-09-16

(US) •

Comedy,

Drama,

History

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

6.7/10

User

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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.

Movie Cast

Jakob the Liar

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

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Liev Schreiber

Mischa

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Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

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Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

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Michael Jeter

Avron

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Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

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Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

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István Bálint

Lina's Father

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Mark Margolis

Fajngold

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

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Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

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Kathleen Gati

Hooker

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Zofia Saretok

Neighbor

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Nina Siemaszko

Rosa Frankfurter

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Grażyna Barszczewska

Mrs. Frankfurter