Waterboarding in Popular Culture: "Jakob the Liar" (1999)

Jewish shopkeeper Jakob (Robin Williams) is waterboarded by Nazi officers. Robin Williams avoided the effects of what would have been actual waterboarding with barely visible nose plugs.

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[Swateke]

Hahahahahahaha. I love you man. I seriously do.

I'm European btw. Man, its so amusing to see stupid human beings like you, across the pond, in such self-destructive behaviour... You do realise it's people like you that are taking your "proud american flag" in the butt right?

Ahahahaha.

[SSUstufRudel]

Justus von Dohnanyi!

[Ghafmocro]

I almost ried at this part of the movie :(

[wolves4545]

jakob the liar is a very moving movie in my opinion

[GovernmentSham912]

water boarding makes you bleed?

[bongoloid21]

Surely all Robin had to do was tell the guards he was a North American of Welsh-Scottish ancestry and they'd have moved him to a conventional prison camp?

[Vasdefrens1]

Robin deserved this for "Patch Adams"

[boobiesmakemesmile06]

nar.. this is a good old fashioned dunk a which until they think theyl drown the next time.

the reality is the first time is the one that feels like your fucked.

[boobiesmakemesmile06]

lol

[WolfsPoet]

I read the book they used for this movie....nothing like this happend in the book.

[bossman391]

water boarding is simulated drowning.

this is actual drowning.

still don't think either is right.

[BeautiiifuLx3]

this is really unbelievable what you make there. No more socially what is permitted everything