Jakob the Liar
1NomDirected by Peter Kassovitz
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 16 September 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writers
- Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Box office
- $4,956,701
- Countries
- France, Hungary, United States of America, Germany
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
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Cast
Robin WilliamsNominated
Liev Schreiber
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Alan Arkin
Michael Jeter
Bob Balaban
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Éva Igó- IIstván Bálint
Mark Margolis