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Jakob the Liar
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Jakob the Liar is a 1999 comedy drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz and Marek Brodzki. The screenplay was written by Kassovitz, Didier Decoin, and Jurek Becker. The cast includes Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev Schreiber, and Hannah Taylor-Gordon. Williams also served as an executive producer. The film is set in Poland in 1944 and focuses on World War II and the Holocaust.
Produced by Sony Pictures and other companies, the movie originated in the United States, Hungary, France, and Poland. Filming took place in Budapest and Łódź. Edward Shearmur composed the score, with photography by Elemér Ragályi and editing by Claire Simpson. The runtime is 120 minutes. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. The film has received review scores of 29%, 4.7 out of 10, and 40 out of 100.
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6.7In 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
- Robin Williams as Jakob Heym
- Liev Schreiber as Mischa
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Lina Kronstein
- Alan Arkin as Max Frankfurter
- Michael Jeter as Avron
- Bob Balaban as Kowalsky
Themes
- based on novel or book
- jewish ghetto
- polish resistance
- jewry
- hope
- ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- jewish life
- radio
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- The Holocaust
- Director
- Marek Brodzki
- Screenwriter
- Jurek Becker
- Cast member
- Kathleen Gati
- Composer
- Edward Shearmur
- Production company
- Sony Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Elemér Ragályi
- Narrative location
- Poland
- Filming location
- Łódź
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 529047
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-10-28
- film editor
- Claire Simpson
- title
- Jakob the Liar
- production designer
- Luciana Arrighi
- executive producer
- Robin Williams
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1944
- review score
- 40/100
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