Jakob the Liar (1999)

Regisseur:

Peter Kassovitz

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jurek Becker (novel)
Peter Kassovitz (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

24. September 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Kriegsfilm

Werbezeile:

When all hope was lost, he invented it.

Plot:

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew...

Plot Keywords:

Death Of Protagonist | Death | Concentration Camp | Holocaust | Hope

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Another solid performance by Robin Williams!

Besetzung

Robin Williams	...	Jakob
Hannah Taylor-Gordon	...	Lina (as Hannah Taylor Gordon)
Éva Igó	...	Lina's Mother (as Eva Igo)
István Bálint	...	Lina's Father (as Istvan Balint)
Justus von Dohnanyi	...	Preuss
Kathleen Gati	...	Hooker
Bob Balaban	...	Kowalsky
Alan Arkin	...	Frankfurter
Michael Jeter	...	Avron
Mark Margolis	...	Fajngold
János Gosztonyi	...	Samuel (as Janos Gosztonyi)
Liev Schreiber	...	Mischa
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Kirschbaum
Ádám Rajhona	...	The Whistler (as Adam Rajhona)
Antal Leisen	...	Peg-Leg

Alternativ:

Jakob le menteur (France)
Jakob der Lügner (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.

Länge:

120 Min

Produktionsland:

France | USA | Hungary

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Rankcolor)

Tonverfahren:

Dolby | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36159) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12

Drehorte:

Budapest, Hungary

Firma:

TriStar Pictures

Dies und das:

Armin Mueller-Stahl, who plays Dr. Kirschbaum (the Professor) was also in Jakob, der Lügner (1975) (upon which the 1999 film is based) as Roman Stahm, the brother of the character who was shot.

Pannen:

Anachronismus: One of the supposed SS guards is wearing a field cap with the black-red-gold insignia of the modern German military, the Bundeswehr.

Dialogzitate:

Jakob Heym: Hitler goes to a fortune-teller and asks, "When will I die?" And the fortune-teller replies, "On a Jewish holiday." Hitler then asks, "How do you know that?" And she replies, "Any day you die will be a Jewish holiday."

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in After School Special (2003)

Soundtrack:

Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)

Another solid performance by Robin Williams!

Don't be put off by the negative comments. If you like the characters Robin Williams creates, and you like unusual dramas, you'll like Jakob the Liar. The film wanted to be Roberto Benigni and Life is Beautiful but never seemed to have the courage to go there, even with Robin Williams in the lead, until the last few scenes of the movie. However, being another Life is Beautiful is asking an awful lot. Life is Beautiful is one of the great films of all time. Having said that, Jakob the Liar is fiendishly good, creatively done, and Robin Williams does a fine job, even when Hannah Taylor-Gordon, who plays Lina, wasn't stealing every scene she was in. So, settle down and give this little movie a try. If nothing else, it's another solid performance by Robin Williams.