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 WilliamsJakob Heym
Armin Mueller-StahlProf. Dr. Kirschbaum
Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
Éva IgóLina's MotherIstván BálintLinas's Father
Justus von DohnányiPreuss
Kathleen GatiHocker
Bob BalabanKowalsky
Alan ArkinMax Frenkfurter
Michael JeterAvron
Mark MargolisFajngold
Mathieu KassovitzHerschelKeywords
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What is Jakob the Liar about?
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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Jakob the Liar has a runtime of 120 minutes.
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