Jacob

Director: Peter Hall
Genre: Christian film, Crime Fiction, History, Biography, Epic, Television movie, World cinema, Drama
Year: 1994
Country: France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America, Italy
Language: English Language
Starring: Joss Ackland, Juliet Aubrey, Christoph Waltz, Matthew Modine, Irene Papas, Sean Bean, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Locke, Giancarlo Giannini, Daniel Newman, Cecilia Dazzi, Christoph M. Ohrt

Jacob is a German/Italian/American movie from 1994, based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on a Biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob.

Jacob defrauds his twin Brother Esau (Sean Bean) and flees. In Haran he gets to know his cousin Rachel (Lara Flynn Boyle), and falls in love with her. Years of hard work later he marries Rachel and reconciles with his brother Esau.

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