Jakob the Liar (1999)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 41 mins | Comedy, Drama, Period, Adaptation, Remake | Released: 9/24/1999 |Box Office Total: $4.9M

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Synopsis:

In Nazi-occupied Poland, Poor Jewish cafe owner Jakob overhears a confidential radio news bulletin signalling Soviet military advances against the Germans. It's the first bit of news the depressed ghetto has received in five years and to keep spirits alive, Jakob conjures up fictitious news bulletins about Allied gains against the Nazis. When a renewed sense of optimism and humor has rejuvenated the ghetto, it is not long before the Gestapo is in search of the leader of this new resistance.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/24/1999

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Peter Kassovitz	Director
Cast	Credit
Robin Williams	Jakob Heym
Alan Arkin	Frankfurter
Bob Balaban	Kowalsky
Hannah Taylor Gordon	Lina
Michael Jeter	Avron
Armin Mueller-Stahl	Professor Kirschbaum
Liev Schreiber	Mischa
Nina Siemaszko	Rosa Frankfurter
Mathieu Kassovitz	Herschel
Justus von Dohnanyi	Preuss
Mark Margolis	Fajngold
Gregg Bello	Blumenthal
Eva Igo	Lina's Mother
Istvan Balint	Lina's Father
Kathleen Gati	Hooker
Janos Gosztonyl	Samuel
Adam Rajhona	The Whistler
Antal Leisen	Peg-Leg
Peter Rudolf	Roman
Jan Becker	Young German
Janos Kulka	Nathan
Grazyna Barszczewska	Mrs Frankfurter
Judit Sagi	Mrs Avron
Ilona Psota	Grandmother
Agi Margitai	Miss Esther
Ivan Darvas	hardtloff
Laszlo Borbely	Doctor
Zoli Anders	Meyer
Miroslav Zbrojewicz	SS Officer No 1
Jozef Mika	Soldier
Gyorgy Szkladanyi	SS Officer No 2
Zofia Saretok	Neighbour
Michael Mehlman	Escaping Man
Mirtill Micheller	Lady Singer
Orsolya Pflum	Lady Singer
Beatrix Bisztricsan	Lady Singer
Production Credits	Credit
Nick Gillott	Co-Producer
Lew Rywin	Associate Producer
Marsha Garces Williams	Producer
Robin Williams	Executive Producer
Steven Haft	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Fiat Risus, Inc.	Production Company
Kasso Inc Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Poland
Budapest, Hungary
Writer	Credit
Peter Kassovitz	Screenplay
Jurek Becker	Book as Source Material
Didier Decoin	Screenplay
Ron Hutchinson	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Ian Whittaker	Set Decorator
Bane Branimir	Art Director
Luciana Arrighi	Production Designer
Tibor Lazar	Art Director
Grzegorz Piatkowski	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Suzanne Smith	Casting
Kerry Barden	Casting
Simone Ireland	Casting
Vanessa Pereira	Casting
Zsolt Csutak	Casting
Risa Kes	Casting
Magdalena Szwarcbart	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Tamas P. Nyerges	Steadicam Operator
Tamas P. Nyerges	Camera Operator
Elemer Ragalyi	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Marjana Lipovsek	Music Performer
Craig Pettigrew	Music Editor
John Bell	Music Arranger - orchestration
Edward Shearmur	Music
Andrews Sisters	Song Performer
Lew Brown	Song
Will Glare	Song Performer
Stephen McLaughlin	Music - music recordist/mixer
Vladimir A Timm	Song
Jaromir Vejvoda	Song
Johannes Brahms	Music
Cleveland Pops Orchestra	Song Performer
Vasek Zeman	Song
Hector Berlioz	Song
Louis Lane	Song - song conductor
Physical Effects	Credit
Kazimierz Wroblewski	Pyrotechnics - Pyro technician
Production Management	Credit
Dusty Symonds	Unit Production Manager
Tamas Maros	Unit Manager
Jennie McClean	Production Coordinator
Nada Pinter	Script Supervisor
Laszlo Rorariusz	Location Manager
Mark Egerton	Assistant Director
Sandor Balo	Production Manager
Gabriella Csoma	Production Coordinator
Liz Legum	Assistant Director
Grazyna Kozlowska	Location Manager
Michal Szczerbic	Production Manager
Caspar Campbell	Assistant Director
Anrzej Besztak	Production Coordinator
Peter Racz	Assistant Director
Rita Nagy	Assistant Director
Andras Suranyi	Assistant Director
Balazs Kovacs	Assistant Director
Marek Brodzki	Assistant Director
Magdalena Szwarcbart	Assistant Director
Jerzy Mizak	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Michael Umble	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Margie O'Malley	Foley Artist
Frank Rinella	Foley Recordist
Julie Linder	ADR
Clive Winter	Sound Mixer
Jay Boekelheide	Sound Effects Editor
Kim B Christensen	Sound Design
Patrick Dodd	Sound Editor
Malcolm Fife	Foley
Steve Fontano	Foley Mixer
Leslie Shatz	Sound Mixer - re-recording mixer
Marnie Moore	Foley Artist
David Parker	Sound Mixer - re-recording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Nina Saxon	Main Title Design - main/end title design
Ferenc Ormos	Special Effects
Miroslaw Bartosik	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Gabriella Nemeth	Hair - hair supervisor
Kati Jakots	Makeup Supervisor
Wieslawa Starska	Costume Designer
Malgorzata Stefaniak	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Andrej Szenajch	Costumes - military costumer

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