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    Jakob the Liar

    120'

    1999-09-16

    6.7

    When all hope was lost, he invented it.

    Comedy,Drama,History

    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.

    WritingJurek BeckerDirectingPeter Kassovitz

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    Cast

    5

    Jakob Heym

    Robin Williams

    6

    Mischa

    Liev Schreiber

    1

    Lina Kronstein

    Hannah Taylor-Gordon

    3

    Max Frankfurter

    Alan Arkin

    2

    Avron

    Michael Jeter

    2

    Kowalsky

    Bob Balaban

    2

    Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

    1

    Lina's Mother

    Éva Igó

    1

    Lina's Father

    István Bálint

    2

    Fajngold

    Mark Margolis

    2

    Herschel

    Mathieu Kassovitz

    1

    Preuss

    Justus von Dohnányi

    1

    Hooker

    Kathleen Gati

    1

    Neighbor

    Zofia Saretok

    2

    Rosa Frankfurter

    Nina Siemaszko

    1

    Mrs. Frankfurter

    Grażyna Barszczewska

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    Details:

    • Budget: 45000000
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 4956701
    • List of countries:
      1. France
      2. Hungary
      3. United States of America
      4. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Global Medien KG
      2. Columbia Pictures
      3. Blue Wolf
      4. Kasso Productions
    • Vote Count: 424
    • Popularity: 2.9211
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Jakob the Liar

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