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Jakob the Liar (1999)

ALL 09/16/1999 (en) Comedy, Drama, History 120 Min
  • Release
    09/16/1999
  • Production
    Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    Jakob the Liar
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 4,956,701.00
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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. Story

  4. Steven Haft

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Robin Williams

    Jakob Heym

  2. Liev Schreiber

    Mischa

  3. Hannah Taylor-Gordon

    Lina Kronstein

  4. Alan Arkin

    Max Frankfurter

  5. Michael Jeter

    Avron

  6. Bob Balaban

    Kowalsky

  7. Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

  8. Éva Igó

    Lina's Mother

  9. István Bálint

    Lina's Father

  10. Mark Margolis

    Fajngold

  11. Mathieu Kassovitz

    Herschel

  12. Justus von Dohnányi

    Preuss

  13. Kathleen Gati

    Hooker

  14. Zofia Saretok

    Neighbor

  15. Nina Siemaszko

    Rosa Frankfurter

  16. Grażyna Barszczewska

    Mrs. Frankfurter

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 16 , Crews : 20

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Jakob the Liar (1999) 120 Min

ALL 09/16/1999 (en)
Comedy, Drama, History
  • Release 09/16/1999
  • Production
    Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
  • Original title Jakob the Liar
  • en
  • Revenue4,956,701.00

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. Story

  3. Claire Simpson

    Editor

  4. Steven Haft

    Producer



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