Jakob the Liar(1999)

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

ComedyDramaHistory2h 0mReleased
Jakob the Liar

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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.

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Director
Peter Kassovitz
Writer
Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Release Date
September 16, 1999
Runtime
2h 0m
Country
France, Hungary, United States of America
Language
English
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$4,956,701

Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter

Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

I

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

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