Movie·1999·2h 0m
Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Country
France
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Written By
Didier Decoin
Producer
Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams
Cinematography
Elemér Ragályi
Music
Edward Shearmur
Editor
Claire Simpson
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
// crew
Crew
Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Peter Kassovitz
Director, Screenplay
Steven Haft
Producer
Claire Simpson
Editor
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
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