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Jakob the Liar( 1999)

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When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robin Williams

      Jakob Heym

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      Liev Schreiber

      Mischa

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      Hannah Taylor-Gordon

      Lina Kronstein

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      Alan Arkin

      Max Frankfurter

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      Michael Jeter

      Avron

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      Bob Balaban

      Kowalsky

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      Armin Mueller-Stahl

      Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

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      Éva Igó

      Lina's Mother

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      István Bálint

      Lina's Father

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      Mark Margolis

      Fajngold

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      Mathieu Kassovitz

      Herschel

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      Justus von Dohnányi

      Preuss

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      Kathleen Gati

      Hooker

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      Zofia Saretok

      Neighbor

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      Nina Siemaszko

      Rosa Frankfurter

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      Grażyna Barszczewska

      Mrs. Frankfurter

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    45000000.00

    Revenue

    4956701.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • jewish ghetto
    • polish resistance
    • jewry
    • hope
    • ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
    • holocaust (shoah)
    • world war ii
    • jewish life
    • radio
    • execution
    • gestapo
    • waterboarding
    • nazi occupation
    • concentration camp survivor
    • hopelessness
    • radio news
    • rumors
    • pow
    • forced labor
    • jews in hiding
    • water torture
    • rumours
    • german occupation of poland
    • nazi train