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Robin Williams plays a Jewish man in Nazi-occupied Poland who begins relaying fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances in order to keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto residents ...
Directed by Peter Kassovitz. With Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Éva Igó.Jakob the Liar DVD : https://amzn.to/442s1vCJakob the Liar Streaming : https:...
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May 15, 2013 · JACOB THE LIAR Trailer. Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.au In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, poor Jewish café owner Jakob ...more.
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Jakob the Liar: Directed by Peter Kassovitz. With Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint. During World War II, an ordinary inhabitant of a ghetto fakes news about Allied offensives to inspire hope for other victims of the Nazi regime.
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- Drama, War
- Peter Kassovitz
- 1999-09-24
Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American-made Holocaust film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft and Marsha Garces Williams. It is written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin based on the 1969 German novel Jacob the Liar, by Jewish author Jurek Becker.
In 1944, Jewish shop owner Jakob (Robin Williams) overhears a radio broadcast on the movements of the Soviet army while he is shuttled to Nazi headquarters from the Warsaw, Poland, ghetto where...
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- PG-13
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Sep 16, 1999 · Overview. 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.
