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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.
A frantic, desperate energy radiates from a man spinning hopeful tall tales to keep a starving community from losing its spirit. This fragile deception turns a single overheard radio broadcast into a lifeline for a besieged ghetto.
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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
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6.7/10
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31%
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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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based on novel or book · jewish ghetto · polish resistance · jewry · hope · ss (nazi schutzstaffel) · holocaust (shoah) · world war ii · jewish life · radio
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