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Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Movie1999120 minReleasedUS PG-13
Jakob the Liar
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
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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Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
JB
Jurek Becker
Novel
Writing
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Camera
Peter Kassovitz
Director
Directing
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Production
MG
Marsha Garces Williams
Producer
Production
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
MG
Maja Gawinska
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Sound
Peter Kassovitz
Screenplay
Writing
Claire Simpson
Editor
Editing
GN
Gabriella Németh
Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up
NP
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Directing
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