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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.Sep. 16, 1999United States120 Min.PG-13
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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.

Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar
Original title Jakob the Liar
IMDb Rating 6.5 16,869 votes
TMDb Rating 6.5 250 votes

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Cast

Robin Williams isJakob Heym
Jakob Heym
Hannah Taylor-Gordon isLina Kronstein
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin isMax Frenkfurter
Max Frenkfurter
Bob Balaban isKowalsky
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl isProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó isLina's Mother
Lina's Mother
István Bálint isLinas's Father
Linas's Father

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