 Jacob the Liar is part of the DEFA Collection.
Trapped in a Polish Ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or
deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the Gestapo
headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian
victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the
good news of hope. In order to be believed, he feigns access to a hidden, strictly
forbidden radio.
Quickly he becomes a one-man bulwark against despair, a reluctant hero, but
a tragic figure still - a man ultimately powerless to see or change the fate
of his people. Jacob the Liar is a heartbreaking yet funny film that enlivens
with the sheer power of its insight.
Nominated Best Foreign Film, 1977 Academy Awards
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