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Feature film — 1999

Jakob the Liar (1999)

6.72h 0mComedy — Drama — History

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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A high-signal pick with 426 votes.

Global Medien KG / Columbia Pictures / Blue Wolf / Kasso Productions

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Director: Peter Kassovitz

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Cast & crew

Robin Williams as Jakob Heym

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber as Mischa

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin as Max Frankfurter

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter as Avron

Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban as Kowalsky

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó as Lina's Mother

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

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István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis as Fajngold

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz as Herschel

Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi as Preuss

Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

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