'Jakob' isn't larger than 'Life'.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: September 24, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

"Jakob the Liar." Rated PG-13. At the Nickelodeon, Harvard Square and suburban theaters.Two and a hafl stars

You've probably heard about an upcoming English-language version of "Life Is Beautiful," but this isn't it.

"Jakob the Liar," Robin Williams' latest bid to win the world's love, is a remake of a 1974 East German film based on a novel by Jurek Becker and nominated for a foreign-language film Academy Award in 1977. Williams' version reportedly was made before Roberto Benigni's Academy Award-winning 1998 film, "Life Is Beautiful," to which it bears a certain ...

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