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Released Year: 1999
Runtime: 120 minutes
Directors: Peter Kassovitz
Casts: Robin Williams, Mark Margolis, Michael Jeter, Liev Schreiber, Alan Arkin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bob Balaban, Justus von Dohnányi, Kathleen Gati, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint
IMDB: Jakob the Liar (1999)
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Entertainment Weekly -
Of course, there's still the Williams schmaltz factor.
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Washington Post -
But the best thing about Jakob the Liar is that it's not "Patch Adams at Auschwitz."
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San Francisco Examiner -
More altruistic would be if Williams stopped torturing us with weepy endearments so he could look for that complex clown who used to mug just for laughs.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
I prefer "Life Is Beautiful," which is clearly a fantasy, to Jakob the Liar, which is just as contrived and manipulative but pretends it is not.
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Miami Herald -
Flat and forced, Jakob the Liar aspires to be a poignant parable about the power of hope but instead uses one of humanity's greatest tragedies for trite melodrama.
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Jakob the Liar (1999)
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.
Jakob the Liar (1999)
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Information
Released Year: 1999
Runtime: 120 minutes
Directors: Peter Kassovitz
Casts: Robin Williams, Mark Margolis, Michael Jeter, Liev Schreiber, Alan Arkin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bob Balaban, Justus von Dohnányi, Kathleen Gati, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint
IMDB: Jakob the Liar (1999)
Storyline
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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Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly -
Of course, there's still the Williams schmaltz factor.
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Washington Post -
But the best thing about Jakob the Liar is that it's not "Patch Adams at Auschwitz."
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San Francisco Examiner -
More altruistic would be if Williams stopped torturing us with weepy endearments so he could look for that complex clown who used to mug just for laughs.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
I prefer "Life Is Beautiful," which is clearly a fantasy, to Jakob the Liar, which is just as contrived and manipulative but pretends it is not.
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Miami Herald -
Flat and forced, Jakob the Liar aspires to be a poignant parable about the power of hope but instead uses one of humanity's greatest tragedies for trite melodrama.
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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.
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.
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.
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.