
Jakob the Liar
IMDB:
6.7
Released
9/16/1999
Duration
2h 0m
Genre
Comedy, Drama, History
Country
France
Cast
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon
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.

Jakob the Liar
IMDB:
6.7Released
9/16/1999
Genre
Comedy, Drama, History
Cast
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Duration
2h 0m
Country
France
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.
Cast

Jakob Heym
Robin Williams

Mischa
Liev Schreiber

Lina Kronstein
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Max Frankfurter
Alan Arkin

Avron
Michael Jeter

Kowalsky
Bob Balaban

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Lina's Mother
Éva Igó

Lina's Father
István Bálint

Fajngold
Mark Margolis

Herschel
Mathieu Kassovitz

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