Release Date
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Original Release
September 16, 1999
2h 0m
Jakob the Liar (1999)
⭐ 6.7120 min
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.
Director
Peter Kassovitz
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.1
Cast
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
⭐2.6
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
⭐2.4
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
⭐0.7
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
⭐4.1
Michael Jeter
Avron
⭐6.5
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
⭐8.7
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
⭐9.0
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
⭐2.3
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István Bálint
Lina's Father
⭐1.5
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
⭐1.4
Genres
ComedyDramaHistory
Production Companies
Global Medien KG
Columbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions
