Jakob the Liar (1999)

09/16/1999 2h

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Robin Williams

as Jakob Heym

Born 07/21/1951

Died 08/11/2014, age

Liev Schreiber

as Mischa

Born 10/04/1967, age

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

as Lina Kronstein

Born 03/06/1987, age

Alan Arkin

as Max Frenkfurter

Born 03/26/1934

Died 06/29/2023, age

Michael Jeter

as Avron

Born 08/26/1952

Died 03/30/2003, age

Bob Balaban

as Kowalsky

Born 08/16/1945, age

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Born 12/17/1930, age

Mark Margolis

as Fajngold

Born 11/26/1939

Died 08/03/2023, age

Mathieu Kassovitz

as Herschel

Born 08/03/1967, age

Justus von Dohnányi

as Preuss

Born 12/02/1960, age