Jacob the Liar

Name: Jacob the Liar
Genre: Drama, Comedy, History
Released: 1975-04-18
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Margit Bara, Dezső Garas, Paul Lewitt, Erich Petraschk, Blanche Kommerell

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Release Date

4/18/1975

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Drama Comedy History

Overview

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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Released

Original Language

German

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A man trapped in a ghetto invents a lie to give his neighbors hope, only to find himself caught in an escalating deception that becomes both his burden and their lifeline. It's a film about the fragile power of stories to sustain us in darkness, mingling dark comedy with the weight of impossible circumstances.