Jakob the Liar (1999)
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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Cast
- Robin Williams — Jakob Heym
- Liev Schreiber — Mischa
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon — Lina Kronstein
- Alan Arkin — Max Frankfurter
- Michael Jeter — Avron
- Bob Balaban — Kowalsky
- Armin Mueller-Stahl — Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
- Éva Igó — Lina's Mother
- István Bálint — Lina's Father
- Mark Margolis — Fajngold
- Mathieu Kassovitz — Herschel
- Justus von Dohnányi — Preuss
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