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Jakob the Liar
66.85%
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September 16, 1999
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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.
Featured Crew
Ed Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Kerry Barden
Casting
Cast
![Robin Williams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//iYdeP6K0qz44Wg2Nw9LPJGMBkQ5.jpg)
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
![Liev Schreiber](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//26G7QjSb5ZazgWb9XB2X6SwcILQ.jpg)
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
![Hannah Taylor-Gordon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//xQwGg0PDq485PZiJU5vYBn1KQto.jpg)
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
![Alan Arkin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//lTMMpkqL0G3WeFNfbtdP5COZEiX.jpg)
Alan Arkin
Max Frenkfurter
![Michael Jeter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//pNBf8X56wCOHH7cArsMYJuke4fO.jpg)
Michael Jeter
Avron