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Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Film19992hReleased

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Director
Peter Kassovitz
Language
English
Released
1999-09-16
Runtime
2h

Community score

6.7410 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.6

The story

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
    Robin WilliamsJakob Heym
  • Liev Schreiber
    Liev SchreiberMischa
  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon
    Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
  • Alan Arkin
    Alan ArkinMax Frankfurter
  • Michael Jeter
    Michael JeterAvron
  • Bob Balaban
    Bob BalabanKowalsky
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
  • Éva Igó
    Éva IgóLina's Mother
  • István Bálint — artwork unavailable
    István BálintLina's Father
  • Mark Margolis
    Mark MargolisFajngold