Jacob the Liar vs The Dish

Jacob the Liar has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.7/10 for The Dish). Jacob the Liar is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Jacob the Liar is the older of the two (1974 against 2000). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Jacob the Liar posterJacob the Liar1974 VS The Dish posterThe Dish2000
Jacob the LiarThe Dish
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 6.7/10
Year19742000
Length1h 40m1h 41m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorFrank BeyerRob Sitch
Main castArmin Mueller-Stahl, Henry Hübchen, Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Blanche KommerellPatrick Warburton, Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Eliza Szonert

Synopsis

Jacob the Liar

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…

The Dish

A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.

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