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Jakob the Liar

1999

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.

Cast & Crew

RWRW
Robin Williams

as Jakob Heym

LSLS
Liev Schreiber

as Mischa

HTHT
Hannah Taylor-Gordon

as Lina Kronstein

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Alan Arkin

as Max Frankfurter

MJMJ
Michael Jeter

as Avron

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Bob Balaban

as Kowalsky

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
9/16/1999
Runtime
2 hours, 0 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$4,956,701
Profit/Loss
-$40,043,299
ROI: -89.0%
Genres
Comedy
Drama
History
Production Countries
France (FR)
Hungary (HU)
United States of America (US)
Spoken Languages
English (en)
Production Companies
G
Global Medien KG
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
B
Blue Wolf
K
Kasso Productions