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Jakob the Liar (1999)

PG-13 09/16/1999 (US) ComedyDramaHistory 2h
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When all hope was lost, he invented it.

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.

  1. Peter Kassovitz

    Director

  2. Jurek Becker

    Novel

  3. Didier Decoin

    Screenplay

  4. Marsha Garces Williams

    Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

  1. Robin Williams

    Robin Williams

    Jakob Heym

  2. Liev Schreiber

    Liev Schreiber

    Mischa

  3. Hannah Taylor-Gordon

    Hannah Taylor-Gordon

    Lina Kronstein

  4. Alan Arkin

    Alan Arkin

    Max Frenkfurter

  5. Michael Jeter

    Michael Jeter

    Avron

  6. Bob Balaban

    Bob Balaban

    Kowalsky

  7. Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

  8. Éva Igó

    Éva Igó

    Lina's Mother

  9. István Bálint

    Linas's Father

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Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar

Status Released

Original Language English

Budget $45,000,000.00

Revenue $4,956,701.00

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