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Sep 24, 1999 · These two contrived images bracket a movie that reflects their manipulative sensibility. "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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Box office. $4,956,401 (domestic) [1] Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American-made Holocaust film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft and Marsha Garces Williams. It is written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin based on the 1969 German novel Jacob the Liar, by Jewish author Jurek Becker. The film stars Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev ...
To fight the incredible depression and suicide throughout the ghetto, Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however, and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it.
Sep 24, 1999 · Jakob the Liar: Directed by Peter Kassovitz. With Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint. During World War II, an ordinary inhabitant of a ghetto fakes news about Allied offensives to inspire hope for other victims of the Nazi regime.
- (18K)
- Drama, War
- Peter Kassovitz
- 1999-09-24
Jacob the Liar is a 1969 novel written by the East German Jewish author Jurek Becker. The German original title is Jakob der Lügner ( pronounced [ˈjaːkɔp deːɐ̯ ˈlyːɡnɐ] ⓘ ). Becker was awarded the Heinrich-Mann Prize (1971) and the Charles Veillon Prize (1971) after the publication of his bestseller . The novel was made into two ...
- Jurek Becker, Leila Vennewitz
- 1969
Summary: This alternately playful and despairing treatment of the Holocaust will inevitably invite comparison to Roberto Benigni’s celebrated Life Is Beautiful. That’s a tough act to follow. But taken on its own terms, Jakob the Liar is a solid, thoughtful tale built around likable characters in dire straits. Robin Williams is terrific as ...
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Introduction. "Jakob the Liar" is a powerful and moving novel written by Jurek Becker. Set in a Jewish ghetto during World War II, the book explores themes of hope, deception, and the resilience of the human spirit. Through the eyes of the main character, Jakob Heym, readers are taken on a journey through the darkest of times, where the simple ...
