Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Peter KassovitzWriter: Didier DecoinProducers: Marsha Garces Williams, Steven Haft

Robin Williams

as Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

as Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

as Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

as Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter

as Avron

Bob Balaban

as Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

as Lina's Mother

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