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Release Date
• USA: Sep 24, 1999
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 21, 2000
• R2: 8 Mar 2004
Budget $15,000,000
Official Website:
Jakob the Liar Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.
Running Time
2 hours, 0 minutes
Country USA, France, Hungary
Studio Blue Wolf, Columbia Pictures, Kasso Inc.
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Other Titles
• Jakob the Liar
• Jakob der Lügner (1999)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, World War II, Murder, Escape, Hostage, Military, Doctor
Tagline: When all hope was lost, he invented it.
Plot: In Nazi-occupied Poland at the height of World War II, impoverished cafe owner Jakob (Williams) keeps hope and humor alive in the Jewish ghetto by reporting fictitious news bulletins about the Allied forces' advances against the Nazis to his fellow prisoners. Meanwhile, the Germans learn of the mythical radio and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it. A remake of the 1974 German film, JAKOB, DER LUGNER.
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Bob Balaban
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 | Alan Arkin
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 | Mark Margolis
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| Music By |
Ed Shearmur
Charlie's Angels, Cruel Intentions, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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