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Available from 16 February 2026, this edition is strictly limited to 2,000 copies and comes housed in an O-card slipcase with a collector’s booklet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirected for DEFA by \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Beyer\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTrace of Stones\u003c\/em\u003e) and adapted from the novel of the same name by Jewish author Jurek Becker, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJakob the Liar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewas the only East German film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award. Starring the prolific Czech actor \u003cstrong\u003eVlastimil Brodsky\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea\u003c\/em\u003e), it follows the members of a Jewish community in German-occupied Poland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a Jewish ghetto, Jakob Heym (Brodsky) is ordered to report to a police station by a Nazi watchtower guard, where he overhears a radio broadcast suggesting that the Red Army is closing in on Poland. He tells friends and neighbours that the Germans might be losing the war, but they refuse to believe that he could have survived an encounter with Nazi officials. 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