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Jakob the Liar

Name: Jakob the Liar
Director: Peter Kassovitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1999-09-16
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.688
Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Release Date: September 16, 1999

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Duration: 2h 0m

Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10

Director: Peter Kassovitz

Cast: Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter

Storyline

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.