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Jakob the Liar

(1999)  movie

Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar

Summary

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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Details

Premiere
Sep 16, 1999
Runtime
120 m
Genres
Comedy Drama History

Cast

Robin Williams
Liev Schreiber
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Alan Arkin
Michael Jeter
Bob Balaban
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Éva Igó
István Bálint
Mark Margolis
Mathieu Kassovitz
Justus von Dohnányi

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