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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.
Jakob the Liar is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, polish resistance. It also touches on jewry and hope and ss (nazi schutzstaffel).
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Director
Peter Kassovitz
Cast
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Éva Igó, István Bálint, Mark Margolis
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Jakob the Liar
IMDb
6.7/10
RT Critics
31%
Metacritic
Director
Peter Kassovitz
Cast
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Alan Arkin, Michael Jeter, Bob Balaban, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Éva Igó, István Bálint, Mark Margolis
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