Jakob The Liar
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Release Date: September 24, 1999
1h 59m | Drama
In Nazi occupied Poland, poor Jewish café owner Jakob (Robin Williams) overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military victories against German forces. To raise the spirits of those in the ghetto, Jakob relays fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis.
When the Germans catch wind of the mythical radio, a search begins for the man who operates it.
| Director: | Peter Kassovitz |
| Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
| Producer(s): | Robin Williams, Marsha Graces Williams, Steven Haft |
| Cast: | Alan Arkin, Robin Williams, Michael Jeter, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Nina Siemaszko, Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Writer(s): | Peter Kassovitz, Didier Decoin |
| Official Site: | www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/jakobtheliar.html |