Sep 16, 1999
120 min
Full-HD

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.

Category

Comedy Drama History

Country

France Hungary United States of America

Companies

Global Medien KG Columbia Pictures Blue Wolf Kasso Productions

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

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