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Jakob the Liar

Genre:ComedyDramaHistory

Released:1999-09-16

Runtime:120

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.


Cast:

Robin Williams

Character: Jakob Heym

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Liev Schreiber

Character: Mischa

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Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Character: Lina Kronstein

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Alan Arkin

Character: Max Frankfurter

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Michael Jeter

Character: Avron

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Bob Balaban

Character: Kowalsky

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Character: Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

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Éva Igó

Character: Lina's Mother

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István Bálint

Character: Lina's Father

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Mark Margolis

Character: Fajngold

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Character: Herschel

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Justus von Dohnányi

Character: Preuss

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Kathleen Gati

Character: Hooker

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Zofia Saretok

Character: Neighbor

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Nina Siemaszko

Character: Rosa Frankfurter

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Grażyna Barszczewska

Character: Mrs. Frankfurter

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