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Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
1999 · 2h · PG-13 · Comedy, 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.
Cast
Robin Williams Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter Avron
Bob Balaban Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó Lina's Mother István Bálint Lina's Father
Mark Margolis Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz Herschel
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