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Jakob the Liar (1999)

Overview

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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Peter Kassovitz profile
Peter Kassovitz

Director

Didier Decoin profile
Didier Decoin

Screenplay

Cast

Robin Williams profile
Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber profile
Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon profile
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin profile
Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter profile
Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban profile
Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl profile
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó profile
Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint profile
István Bálint

Linas's Father

Mark Margolis profile
Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz profile
Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi profile
Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

Robin Williams profile
Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber profile
Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon profile
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin profile
Alan Arkin

Max Frenkfurter

Michael Jeter profile
Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban profile
Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl profile
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó profile
Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint profile
István Bálint

Linas's Father

Mark Margolis profile
Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz profile
Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi profile
Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

Extra

Release Date

September 16, 1999

Original Language

English

Budget

$45,000,000.00

Production Company

Global Medien KG logoColumbia Pictures logoBlue Wolf logoKasso Productions logo

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