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Jakob the Liar

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Description: 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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

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Budget: $45,000,000 | Revenue : $4,956,701

Runtime: 120 minutes

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Robin Williams

Played Jakob Heym

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Liev Schreiber

Played Mischa

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Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Played Lina Kronstein

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Alan Arkin

Played Max Frenkfurter

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Michael Jeter

Played Avron

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Bob Balaban

Played Kowalsky

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Played Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

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Éva Igó

Played Lina's Mother

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István Bálint

Played Linas's Father

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Mark Margolis

Played Fajngold

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Played Herschel

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Justus von Dohnányi

Played Preuss

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Kathleen Gati

Played Hocker

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Zofia Saretok

Played

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