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Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin.

Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker.

Jakob Heym (Robin Williams in overbearingly earnest mode) gets tangled in a string of self-perpetuating lies about a hidden radio, supposedly broadcasting news that the victorious Red Army is nearing

Jakob Heym (Robin Williams in overbearingly earnest mode) gets tangled in a string of self-perpetuating lies about a hidden radio, supposedly broadcasting news that the victorious Red Army is nearing. His desperate attempts to convince a clutch of insistently idiosyncratic friends (clichés to a man: Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Michael Jeter, Alan Arkin) and obligatory Nazi bad guys that the radio doesn't exist are complicated by the fact that he's stashed a fugitive kid (a dead ringer-sorry!-for Anne Frank) in his attic-and by abundant evidence that lies are.

Director: Peter Kassovitz. Robin Williams Alan Arkin Bob Balaban Hannah Taylor Gordon Michael Jeter Armin Mueller-Stahl Liev Schreiber Nina Siemaszko Mathieu Kassovitz. Screenwriter: Peter Kassovitz, Didier Decoin. Cast: Robin Williams Alan Arkin Bob Balaban Hannah Taylor Gordon Michael Jeter Armin Mueller-Stahl Liev Schreiber Nina Siemaszko Mathieu Kassovitz.

He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He also received Best Director and Best Writing nominations.

Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary. He is the father of film director Mathieu Kassovitz. He directed the film Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams in 1999. He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He left the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Peter Kassovitz (born November 17, 1938) is a French film director and scriptwriter. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.

Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Michael Jeter, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Liev Schreiber, Nina Siemaszko, Mathieu Kassovitz, Justus von Dohnányi, Mark Margolis, Gregg Bello. Director: Peter Kassovitz. Back to top. About CTV Bell Media PR Advertise on CTV Politcal Ad Registry Internships Careers HELP Feedback CTV App Newsletter Sign-up.

Directed by Peter Kassovitz. With Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Éva Igó, István Bálint

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.