Jakob the Liar
1999
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
- Peter Kassovitz
- 2h
- September 16, 1999 · France, Hungary, United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 1999
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- France, Hungary, United States of America
- Cast
- Robin Williams,Liev Schreiber,Hannah Taylor-Gordon,Alan Arkin,Michael Jeter,Bob Balaban,Armin Mueller-Stahl,Éva Igó,István Bálint,Mark Margolisand 6 more
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Producer
- Steven Haft,Marsha Garces Williams
- Cinematography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Music
- Edward Shearmur
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,956,701
- IMDb
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