Jakob der Lügner = Jacob the Liar
Barcode: 58962743
Call Number: DQ-Holocaust
Material Type: Video -Digital
Time: 101 min.
Date: 1975
Language: German
Creator: Directed by Frank Beyer
Description: 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.
Subjects: Holocaust
Collection: Language Resource Center