Jacob the Liar (1974) — comedy, drama, history film. Directed by Frank Beyer. Starring Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell.
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A man's fabricated hope sustains a starving ghetto until it collides with the brutal reality of Nazi deportation.
Comedy, Drama, History · 6.9/10 · 100 min · 1974
A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that he is in possession of a radio - in the ghetto a crime punishable by death. It doesn't take long for word of Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.
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