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Jakob the Liar

67% | Sep 16, 1999 | 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.

Featured Crew

Jurek Becker
Novel
Didier Decoin
Screenplay

Cast

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Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
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Alan Arkin
Max Frenkfurter

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