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 Frankfurter
	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 Frankfurter
	Michael Jeter	Avron
	Bob Balaban	Kowalsky
	Armin Mueller-Stahl	Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
	Éva Igó	Lina's Mother
	István Bálint	Lina's Father
	Mark Margolis	Fajngold
	Mathieu Kassovitz	Herschel
	Justus von Dohnányi	Preuss
	Kathleen Gati	Hooker
	Zofia Saretok	Neighbor
	Nina Siemaszko	Rosa Frankfurter
	Grażyna Barszczewska	Mrs. Frankfurter