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Jakob the Liar

67 %|Sep 16, 1999|Comedy, Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Billy Hopkins
Casting
Kerry Barden
Casting
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist
Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Steven Haft
Producer

Cast

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Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
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Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
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Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
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Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
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István Bálint
Lina's Father
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Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
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Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter