September 16, 1999
120 minutes
ComedyDramaHistory
Jakob the Liar
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
(Jakob Heym)
Liev Schreiber
(Mischa)
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
(Lina Kronstein)
Alan Arkin
(Max Frankfurter)
Michael Jeter
(Avron)
Bob Balaban
(Kowalsky)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
(Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum)
Éva Igó
(Lina's Mother)
István Bálint
(Lina's Father)
Mark Margolis
(Fajngold)
Mathieu Kassovitz
(Herschel)
Justus von Dohnányi
(Preuss)
Kathleen Gati
(Hooker)
Zofia Saretok
(Neighbor)
Nina Siemaszko
(Rosa Frankfurter)
Grażyna Barszczewska
(Mrs. Frankfurter)
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