Jacob the Liar vs The Man Who Invented Christmas
Jacob the Liar has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.8/10 for The Man Who Invented Christmas). Jacob the Liar is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 45m. Jacob the Liar is the older of the two (1974 against 2017). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Jacob the Liar
The Man Who Invented Christmas| Jacob the Liar | The Man Who Invented Christmas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 1974 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, Family, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Frank Beyer | Bharat Nalluri |
| Main cast | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Henry Hübchen, Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Blanche Kommerell | Jonathan Pryce, Dan Stevens, Katie McGuinness, Morfydd Clark, Christopher Plummer |
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 Man Who Invented Christmas
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
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