

PG-13 · 120 min
Jakob the Liar
Directed by Peter Kassovitz
Starring Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a...
Release
Sep 16, 1999
Budget
$45M
Breakeven
$112.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$4,956,701
Profit
-$107,543,299
When all hope was lost, he invented it.
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
Release
Sep 16, 1999
Budget
$45M
Breakeven
$112.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$4,956,701
Profit
-$107,543,299
PG-13 · 120 min