Jakob the Liar (1999)

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Written by Jurek Becker, Peter Kassovitz

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

Also known as "Una Seńal de Esperanza"

Running Time: 135 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1999

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: France/USA/Hungary

Filmed in Colour

Comedy drama with Robin Williams as a Jewish shopkeeper imprisoned in a ghetto in wartime Poland who overhears some interesting news and passes it on. The rumour grows that there is a secret radio and Jakob decides to invent optimistic news in order to cheer up his fellow prisoners

Cast

Image for Robin WilliamsRobin WilliamsJakob Heym/Narrator
Hannah Taylor-GordonLina Kronstein
Éva IgóLina's Mother
István BálintLina's Father
Justus von DohnanyiPreuss
Kathleen GatiHooker
Bob BalabanKowalsky
Image for Alan ArkinAlan ArkinMax Frankfurter
Michael JeterAvron
Mark MargolisFajngold
János GosztonyiSamuel
Image for Liev SchreiberLiev SchreiberMischa the Prizefighter
Armin Mueller-StahlDr. Kirschbaum
Ádám RajhonaThe Whistler
Antal LeisenPeg-Leg

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