Jakob the Liar 1999

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Jakob the Liar

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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.

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Robin Williams

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Liev Schreiber

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Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter

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Bob Balaban

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Release Date 1999-09-16
Runtime 2h 0m
Directors Peter Kassovitz, Elemér Ragályi
Producer Steven Haft
Writers Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Marsha Garces Williams