Movie: JACOB THE LIAR (1977) DVD

Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at 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 hero still a man ultimately powerless to see or change the fate of his people. A heartbreaking yet funny film that enlivens with the sheer power of its insight, ""Jacob the Liar"" was the onl

Release Date: 12/18/2001

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