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Jakob the Liar

- 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.

Release Date : 1999-09-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions

Production Country : FranceHungaryUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Jakob le menteur

Cast

Character Name : Jakob Heym

Original Name : Robin Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mischa

Original Name : Liev Schreiber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lina Kronstein

Original Name : Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Max Frankfurter

Original Name : Alan Arkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Avron

Original Name : Michael Jeter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kowalsky

Original Name : Bob Balaban

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Original Name : Armin Mueller-Stahl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lina's Mother

Original Name : Éva Igó

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lina's Father

Original Name : István Bálint

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fajngold

Original Name : Mark Margolis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herschel

Original Name : Mathieu Kassovitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Preuss

Original Name : Justus von Dohnányi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hooker

Original Name : Kathleen Gati

Gender : Female

Character Name : Neighbor

Original Name : Zofia Saretok

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rosa Frankfurter

Original Name : Nina Siemaszko

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Frankfurter

Original Name : Grażyna Barszczewska

Gender : Female

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