Jakob the Liar

"When all hope was lost, he invented it."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.7/10

396 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$45.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$5.0M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-40,043,299

ROI: -89%

Budget Recovery11% of budget

$0|Budget: $45.0M|Revenue: $5.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

11.3K

Daily Avg

188

7-Day Trend

-22%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Budapest

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Story Setting

Set In

Poland

Time Period

1944

Themes & Subjects

#worldwarii#theholocaust

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Elemér Ragályi

Film Editing

Claire Simpson

Music / Score

Edward Shearmur

Production Design

Luciana Arrighi

Production Companies

Sony Pictures

Distributors

Columbia PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Jakob the Liar

Available in 66 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	—	The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Tubi TV	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Australia	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	Sony Pictures Amazon Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

Germany12

France12

South Korea15

PortugalM/12

Production

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Writers

Jurek Becker, Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz

Production Companies

Global Medien KGColumbia PicturesBlue WolfKasso Productions

Cast

Robin Williams

Jakob Heym

Liev Schreiber

Mischa

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Lina Kronstein

Alan Arkin

Max Frankfurter

Michael Jeter

Avron

Bob Balaban

Kowalsky

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum

Éva Igó

Lina's Mother

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István Bálint

Lina's Father

Mark Margolis

Fajngold

Mathieu Kassovitz

Herschel

Justus von Dohnányi

Preuss

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookjewish ghettopolish resistancejewryhopess (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)world war iijewish liferadioexecutiongestapowaterboardingnazi occupationconcentration camp survivor

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