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1999

Jakob the Liar

Directed by Peter Kassovitz
When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

Duration

2h

Released

September 16, 1999

Revenue

$4,956,701

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6.7

Rating375

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Lists52

Cast16

  • Robin Williams
  • Liev Schreiber
  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon
  • Alan Arkin
  • Michael Jeter
  • Bob Balaban
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Éva Igó
  • István Bálint

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