Jakob der Lügner = Jacob the liar /

Jakob der Lügner = Jacob the liar /

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In his bittersweet comedy loaded with human quirks and nuance, Jacob invents news reports to bolster the spirits of the other Jews living in his Polish ghetto under Nazi occupation. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1977, the story was remade in Hollywood starring Robin William...

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Corporate Author: University of Massachusetts at Amherst DEFA Film Library
Other Authors: Beyer, Frank, 1932-2006 (Director, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/drt), Brodský, Vlastimil (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Geschonneck, Erwin, 1906-2008 (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Hübchen, Henry, 1947- (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Johannes Baur, Reimar (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Kommerell, Blanche (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930- (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Simon, Manuela (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act)
Format: Unknown
Language:German
English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014
Subjects:
Beyer, Frank, > 1932-2006
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Drama
Jewish ghettos > Poland > Drama
Motion pictures, German
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Poland > Drama
Cinéma allemand
Jewish ghettos
Jews
Germany > Drama
Poland > Drama
Germany
Poland
Streaming video
Drama
Feature films
Internet videos
War films
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Summary:In his bittersweet comedy loaded with human quirks and nuance, Jacob invents news reports to bolster the spirits of the other Jews living in his Polish ghetto under Nazi occupation. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1977, the story was remade in Hollywood starring Robin Williams in 1999. In a Polish ghetto in 1944, Jacob Heym is summoned to the police station. While there, Jacob overhears on the radio that "the Russians are twenty kilometers from Bezanika." The next day he tells this to a despondent friend who is about to commit suicide, and the news renews his hope in salvation. As no one would believe the true story, Jacob pretends to have a radio; as no one in the ghetto is allowed to have a radio, however, all are eager to hear news from the outside world and constantly ask Jacob for updates on the advance of the Soviets. Jacob creates fictional reports to help alleviate the unbearable hopelessness of those around him; but his lies cannot stop the machinery that brings death to all the ghetto inhabitants
Item Description:Title from title frames
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 97 min.)
Awards:Academy Award nomination for best foreign film, 1977

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