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Jakob the Liar  (1999)
When all hope was lost, he invented it.


6.7|16 Sept, 1999|120 min
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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.
Language

English 


Budget$45,000,000
Revenue $4,956,701
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Keywords
based on novel or book
jewish ghetto
polish resistance
jewry
hope
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
jewish life
radio
execution
gestapo
waterboarding
nazi occupation
concentration camp survivor
hopelessness
radio news
rumors
pow
forced labor
jews in hiding
water torture
rumours
german occupation of poland
nazi train

Casts

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
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewska
Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter

Crews

Billy Hopkins
Casting
Kerry Barden
Casting
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist
Didier Decoin
Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Elemér Ragályi
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Steven Haft
Producer
Claire Simpson
Claire Simpson
Editor
Jurek Becker
Novel
Wiesława Starska
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Katalin Jakots
Makeup Artist
Edward Shearmur
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Maja Gawinska
Makeup Artist
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Gabriella Németh
Hairstylist
Kelley Ray
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lew Rywin
Lew Rywin
Co-Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay

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