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Jakob the Liar (1999)
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GenreComedy / Drama
SynopsisIn 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew...
Filmed inUSA / France / Hungary
Runtime120 min
MPAA RatingRated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.
Average Rating![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (3.5 on 5) |
Casting:
| Robin Williams | Jakob Heym/Narrator | |
| Hannah Taylor-Gordon | Lina Kronstein (as Hannah Taylor Gordon) | |
| Éva Igó | Lina's Mother (as Eva Igo) | |
| István Bálint | Lina's Father (as Istvan Balint) | |
| Justus von Dohnanyi | Preuss | |
| Kathleen Gati | Hooker | |
| Bob Balaban | Kowalsky | |
| Alan Arkin | Max Frankfurter | |
| Michael Jeter | Avron | |
| Mark Margolis | Fajngold | |
| János Gosztonyi | Samuel | |
| Liev Schreiber | Mischa the Prizefighter | |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | Dr Kirschbaum aka Professor | |
| Ádám Rajhona | The Whistler (as Adam Rajhona) | |
| Antal Leisen | Peg-Leg |




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