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Jakob the Liar (1999)

PG-13 ★ 6.7/10 120 min Comedy, Drama, History France, Hungary, United States English
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When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Description

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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Top 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 Frankfurter
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

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