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Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

6.7 (412) ·1999 ·120 min ·Movie
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When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis
Fajngold

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