Jakob the Liar (1999)
2h
Running Time
September 16, 1999Release Date
Jakob the Liar (1999)
2h
Running Time
September 16, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Robin Williams
Jakob
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
Stephan Balint
Lina's Father
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Alan Arkin
Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Jurek Becker
Writer
Didier Decoin
Writer
Steven Haft
Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
Ed Shearmur
Composer
Elemér Ragályi
Cinematographer
Claire Simpson
Editor
Kerry Barden
CastingDirector
Suzanne Smith Crowley
CastingDirector
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 16, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$45,000,000
Box Office$4,956,701
Filming LocationsBudapest, Hungary · Łódź, Poland
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Wiki.
Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker. The film stars Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, and Bob Balaban. The film is set in 1944 in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust and tells the story of a Polish-Jewish shopkeeper named Jakob Heym who attempts to raise the morale inside the ghetto by sharing encouraging rumors that he claims he has heard on a radio. It is a remake of the 1975 East German-Czechoslovak film Jakob der Lügner.
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