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Jakob the Liar (1999) [PG-13]

Release Date:
September 16, 1999

Original Title:
Jakob the Liar

Alternate Titles:
Jakob il bugiardo
Jakob le menteur
Um Sinal de Esperança
제이콥의 거짓말

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | History

Production Companies:
Blue Wolf
Columbia Pictures
Global Medien KG
Kasso Productions

Production Countries:
France | Hungary | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  KR: 15  PT: M/12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 120

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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. 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.

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Casting:
Billy Hopkins
Kerry Barden
Suzanne Smith Crowley

Co-Producer:
Lew Rywin

Costume Design:
Wiesława Starska

Director:
Peter Kassovitz

Director of Photography:
Elemér Ragályi

Editor:
Claire Simpson

Hairstylist:
Gabriella Németh

Makeup Artist:
Katalin Jakots
Cheri Minns
Maja Gawinska

Novel:
Jurek Becker

Original Music Composer:
Edward Shearmur

Producer:
Steven Haft

Production Design:
Luciana Arrighi

Screenplay:
Didier Decoin
Marsha Garces Williams

Script Supervisor:
Nada Pinter

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Kelley Ray

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