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[PAST EVENT] Filmabend: Jakob der Luegner
November 29, 2011
7:30pm - 9:15pm
Jacob the Liar (German: Jakob der L?gner) is a 1975 East German-Czechoslovakian film directed by Frank Beyer and based on the eponymous novel by Jurek Becker.
During World War II in Nazi occupied Poland, poor Jewish caf? owner Jakob accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes against German forces. To fight the incredible depression and suicide throughout the ghetto, Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however, and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it.
During World War II in Nazi occupied Poland, poor Jewish caf? owner Jakob accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes against German forces. To fight the incredible depression and suicide throughout the ghetto, Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however, and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it.
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akschroer@wm.edu