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Jakob the Liar (1999)

Unrated

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.

Principal Cast

Robin Williams
as Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
as Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
as Max Frenkfurter
Michael Jeter
as Avron
Bob Balaban
as Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
as Linas Mother
István Bálint
as Linass Father
Mark Margolis
as Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
as Preuss
Kathleen Gati
as Hocker
Zofia Saretok
as