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Jakob the Liar (1999)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
Style:
sad, cult classic, emotional, sincere, uplifting, humorous, realistic, gloomy, semi serious, crying ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, shoah, nazi, gestapo, world war, radio, judaism, hopes, death, camp, nazi germany, justice, wartime, brutality, german soldier, courage, lie, freedom, humanity, propaganda, past, genocide, pow ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942, year 1945, year 1939 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, russia, russian, american
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Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
483K
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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20%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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