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Jakob the Liar

66.9% | 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.

Top Billed 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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Billy Hopkins
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Kerry Barden
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Cheri Minns
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Didier Decoin
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Elemér Ragályi
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Peter Kassovitz
Director
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Suzanne Smith Crowley
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Steven Haft
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Claire Simpson
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Jurek Becker
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Marsha Garces Williams
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Wiesława Starska
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