Jacob the Liar

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American film film war drama film

Jacob the Liar is a 1999 American war drama film set in a Jewish ghetto during World War II, in which a man falsely claims to have a hidden radio to give fellow residents hope under Nazi oppression.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jacob the Liar canonical 3
Jacob the Liar (1975 film) 2
Jakob der Lügner (novel) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ
basedOn Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jakob der Lügner (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Jurek Becker ⓘ
cinematographyBy Piotr Sobociński NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mathieu Kassovitz ⓘ
surface form: Peter Kassovitz
distributedBy TriStar Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Kaja Fehr ⓘ
filmingLocation Hungary ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
follows Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jacob the Liar (1975 film)
genre drama film ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasTheme deception ⓘ
hope ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
survival ⓘ
isRemakeOf Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jacob the Liar (1975 film)
mainCharacter Jacob Heym ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Edward Shearmur ⓘ
narrativeLocation Nazi-occupied Poland ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A Jewish shopkeeper in a ghetto claims to have a hidden radio and invents news to give fellow residents hope under Nazi rule. ⓘ
portrays Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi oppression ⓘ
producer Marsha Garces Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Kassovitz ⓘ
productionCompany Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1999 ⓘ
runtime approximately 120 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Didier Decoin ⓘ
Gillian Slovo ⓘ
Peter Kassovitz ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
setInPlace Jewish ghetto ⓘ
starring Alan Arkin ⓘ
Armin Mueller-Stahl ⓘ
Bob Balaban ⓘ
Hannah Taylor-Gordon ⓘ
Liev Schreiber ⓘ
Nina Siemaszko ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ

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Armin Mueller-Stahl → notableWork → Jacob the Liar ⓘ
Marsha Garces → notableWork → Jacob the Liar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jakob the Liar
DEFA → notableWork → Jacob the Liar ⓘ
Armin → notableWork → Jacob the Liar ⓘ
subject surface form: Armin Mueller-Stahl
Jacob the Liar → basedOn → Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob the Liar (1999 film)
this entity surface form: Jakob der Lügner (novel)
Jacob the Liar → follows → Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob the Liar (1999 film)
this entity surface form: Jacob the Liar (1975 film)
Jacob the Liar → isRemakeOf → Jacob the Liar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob the Liar (1999 film)
this entity surface form: Jacob the Liar (1975 film)