Jakob the Liar

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Release date: September 16, 1999
Duration: 120 minutes
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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.

Starring

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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