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Jacob the Liar

1975-04-18 | History / Drama
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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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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..
The casts of Jacob the Liar are Vlastimil Brodský starring as Jakob Heym, Erwin Geschonneck starring as Kowalski, Henry Hübchen starring as Mischa, Blanche Kommerell starring as Rose Frankfurter, Manuela Simon starring as Lina, Zsuzsa Gordon starring as Mrs. Frankfurter.
On October 04, 2024, there were 4115 public reaction to Jacob the Liar including extraordinary, Oscar nomination deserving, confusing, compulsive liar, desperately hoping.
The genre of Jacob the Liar is History,Drama,Comedy.
The runtime of Jacob the Liar is 100 minutes.
The release date of Jacob the Liar is April 18, 1975.
On October 04, 2024, the IMDB rating of Jacob the Liar is 7.1/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 100/100, Metacritic rating is 0/100, TMDB rating is 7.0/10.