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Jakob the Liar (1999)

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.

Genre: History | Drama | Comedy

Country: United States of America | Hungary | France   Language: English

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2290

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120716/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Peter Kassovitz

Marsha Garces Williams

Didier Decoin

Cast:

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Éva Igó

Lina`s Mutter

István Bálint

Linas`s Vater

Justus von Dohnanyi

Preuss

Kathleen Gati

Hocker

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter

Avron

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Robin Williams

Narrator

Also Known As:

Jakob le menteur