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   PG-131999 · War · 1h 54m

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   • 6.5/10 6.5/10 IMDb
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   Critics consensus Any real story is buried by awkward performances and contrived situations. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Is Jakob the liar a true story?

   • Rent Jakob the Liar on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Any real story is buried by awkward performances and contrived situations. In 1944, Jewish shop owner Jakob (Robin Williams) overhears a radio broadcast on the movements of the Soviet army while he is shuttled to Nazi headquarters from the Warsaw, Poland, ghetto where he is imprisoned.

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   Who plays Jakob the liar?

   • Jakob the Liar (1999): Dir: Peter Kossovitz / Cast: Robin Williams, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bob Balaban, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor- Gordon: Robin Williams plays Jakob who stares everyday at the wall lined with barbwire. It is 1944 and Germans have captured his Polish village. Central plot regards how he gave hope to people by lying.

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   Is Jakob the liar a fable?

   • "Jakob the Liar" isn't nearly as intolerable as you might expect of a Holocaust fable starring Robin Williams. A sober drama about hope as a postive spiritual force. Williams appears to be riffing for another 'Comic Relief' benefit. Jakob the Liar airbrushes, trivializes and Disney-fies the WWII ghetto experience.

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   What to expect in Jakob the liar?

   • So I wasn't sure what to expect in "Jakob the Liar." What I found was a surprisingly good performance in a wonderful movie. Williams plays Jakob Heym, confined to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw by the Nazis during the Second World War. With hope fading, Heym accidentally discovers that Russian troops aren't far away, and begins to spread the news.

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2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › jakob-the-liar-1999Jakob The Liar movie review & film summary (1999) | Roger Ebert

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   Sep 24, 1999 · "Jakob the Liar" takes place inside the ghetto of an unnamed Polish city where Nazis have walled off the streets and installed searchlights and guards with machine guns. Inside, Jewish captives live crowded into tiny apartments, waiting for news.

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   In 1944, Jewish shop owner Jakob (Robin Williams) overhears a radio broadcast on the movements of the Soviet army while he is shuttled to Nazi headquarters from the Warsaw, Poland, ghetto where...

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   • Director: Peter Kassovitz

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Robin Williams

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   100% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 85% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Based on the lauded novel by Jurek Becker, this dark comedy focuses on Jakob Heym (Vlastimil Brodský), a Jew living in a Polish ghetto...

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   • Actors: Vlastimil Brodský

   • Director: Frank Beyer
   • Category: Comedy, Drama

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   "Jakob the Liar" isn't nearly as intolerable as you might expect of a Holocaust fable starring Robin Williams. Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 24, 2007

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   Jakob the Liar features a good straight-up performance by Robin Williams and a terrific supporting cast, but more than that it is a surprisingly complex film that reflects many of the classic traits of Yiddish humor.

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   Imprisoned within a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, Jakob Heym (Robin Williams) overhears on a German radio the heartening news of Russian army advances. By sharing this forbidden information with a select few, he not only risks his own life, but also the life of young Lina (Hannah Taylor-Gordon), who he's secretly harboring in his attic.

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   Sep 13, 1999 · By Todd McCarthy. A clone of “Life Is Beautiful” in superficial terms only, “Jakob the Liar,” a seriocomedy about a man who promotes hopeful illusions in a Polish Jewish ghetto during World War...