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Production countries: France, Hungary, United States, Germany
Origin countries: United States
Language: English
Spoken: English
Production: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $4,956,701

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Production countries: France, Hungary, United States, Germany
Origin countries: United States
Language: English
Spoken: English
Production: Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Blue Wolf, Kasso Productions
Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $4,956,701

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Jakob the Liar PG-13

Released Comedy Drama History

16 Sept, 1999 (US) 2h

Jakob the Liar PG-13

Released Comedy Drama History

16 Sept, 1999 (US) 2h

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

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.

Directed by Peter Kassovitz