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Jakob the Liar
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Peter Kassovitz
- Written by
- Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Cast
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Grażyna Barszczewska
Mrs. Frankfurter
Details
- Released
- September 16, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Box office
- $4,956,701
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