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Jakob the Liar

6.7/10

Release: 16/09/1999

Duration: 2h 0m

Jakob the Liar

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.

Country: France, Hungary, United States of America

Language: English

Writers

| Screenplay:Didier Decoin
| Novel:Jurek Becker
| Screenplay:Peter Kassovitz

Production

Global Medien KG

Columbia Pictures

Blue Wolf

Kasso Productions

Budget: $45,000,000

Revenue: $4,956,701

Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-G..

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-S..

Prof. Dr. Kirschb..

Éva Igó

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

István Bálint

István Bálint

Lina's Father

Nina Siemaszko

Nina Siemaszko

Rosa Frankfurter

Grażyna Barszczewska

Grażyna Barszcz..

Mrs. Frankfurter

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