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Jacob the Liar

Jakob der Lügner
Jacob the Liar

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Released: 18 April 1975
Country of origin: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Genre: History, Drama, Comedy
Production companies: DEFA, Gruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov
Watched by: 2 of 897 465
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
IMDB rating: 7.1 of 10 1 416

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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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