Jakob the Liar 1999 Watch Free

Jakob the Liar – Watch Free

In a Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Poland, a man named Jakob Heym is accosted on the streets by a watchtower guard as it is supposedly after curfew. He is told to report to a German military office where he finds the officer in charge asleep. Before finding him, Jakob hears a broadcast about the nearby advances of the Soviet Army. Eventually, Jakob is sent home, as the guard has mistaken the time, deliberately or otherwise.

Jakob’s Deception

Later, he tells a friend that the Russians are not very far away to dissuade him from a suicidal adventure. As no one believes he went to the Nazi office and came out alive, Jakob says he owns a radio—a crime punishable by death. This puts Jakob in a difficult position as this gets out and since he is constantly asked for further news.

The Hopeful Lies

He then begins to encourage his friends with false reports about the advance of the Red Army towards their ghetto. The residents, desperate and starved, find renewed hope in Jakob’s stories. Even when he eventually confesses to his friend that only the first report was true and all the rest were made up, his friend points out that his stories give people hope and the will to live. The film ends with the deportation of Jakob and the others to the extermination camps.

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