Jakob the Liar (1999)

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	As: Jakob Heym
	Liev Schreiber	As: Mischa
	Hannah Taylor-Gordon	As: Lina Kronstein
	Alan Arkin	As: Max Frenkfurter
	Michael Jeter	As: Avron

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Tagline:	When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Certification:	PG-13

Details

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Language: English

Release Date: 16 September 1999

Country: FR, HU, US

Runtime: 120m

Company Credits

Company: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions

Budget: $45,000,000

Revenue: $4,956,701

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Cast

	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
	István Bálint	Linas's Father
	Mark Margolis	Fajngold
	Mathieu Kassovitz	Herschel
	Justus von Dohnányi	Preuss
	Kathleen Gati	Hocker
	Zofia Saretok