Jakob the Liar /
In Nazi-occupied Poland, a poor Jewish cafe owner invents fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants, until the Germans learn of the mythical radio and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate i...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Culver City, Calif. :
Columbia Tristar Home Video,
[2000]
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| Edition: | Widescreen and standard eds. |
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| Summary: | In Nazi-occupied Poland, a poor Jewish cafe owner invents fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants, until the Germans learn of the mythical radio and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it. |
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| Item Description: | Closed captioned for the hearing imapired. Rated PG-13. Special features include: director's commentary, "making-of" featurette, isolated music score, production notes, interactive menus, talent files and scene selections. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; Dolby digital ; single layer ; aspect ratio 1.85:1 (widescreen), 1.33:1 (standard). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Elemer Ragalyi ; editor, Calire Simpson ; art, Branamir Babic, Tibor Lazar and Grzegorz Piatkowski ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costumes, Wiesa Starska. |
| ISBN: | 0767821475 |