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Jakob the Liar 1999

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.

Directed by: Peter Kassovitz
Written by: Didier Decoin & Marsha Garces Williams
Release date: 1999-09-16
Runtime: 120 minutes
Critics score:
29 / 100
Tagline: When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Cast:
Robin Williams Robin Williams
Jakob Heym 
Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber
Mischa 
Hannah Taylor-Gordon Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein 
Alan Arkin Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter 
Michael Jeter Michael Jeter
Avron 
Bob Balaban Bob Balaban
Kowalsky 
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Also known as:
  • Jakob le menteur
  • Jakob il bugiardo
  • Um Sinal de Esperança
  • 제이콥의 거짓말