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Jakob the Liar

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Calorie Rating: 169
Released: 1999-09-16
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Budget: 45000000
Revenue 4956701
Studios: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor


Cast

Robin Williams
Character: Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Character: Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Character: Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin
Character: Max Frenkfurter
Michael Jeter
Character: Avron
Bob Balaban
Character: Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Character: Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Character: Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Character: Linas's Father

Mark Margolis
Character: Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Character: Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Character: Preuss

Kathleen Gati
Character: Hocker


Production and Crew

Didier Decoin
Screenplay
Steven Haft
Producer

Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography


Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Katalin Jakots
Makeup Artist
Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist

Ed Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design

Kelley Ray
Visual Effects Supervisor
Maja Gawinska
Makeup Artist