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Jacob the Liar

04/18/1975

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1hr 40min

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History

,Drama

,Comedy

STORY

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 Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Vlastimil Brodský
  • Erwin Geschonneck
  • Henry Hübchen
  • Blanche Kommerell
  • Manuela Simon

    Director

  • Frank Beyer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • DEFA
  • Gruppe "Johannisthal"
  • Filmové studio Barrandov
  • Fernsehen der DDR

    Production Countries

  • Czechoslovakia
  • East Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German

Cast

Vlastimil Brodský

Jakob Heym

Erwin Geschonneck

Kowalski

Henry Hübchen

Mischa

Blanche Kommerell

Rose Frankfurter

Manuela Simon

Lina

Zsuzsa Gordon

Mrs. Frankfurter

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Roman Schlamm

Friedrich Richter

Dr. Kirschbaum

Margit Bara

Josefa

Reimar Johannes Baur

Herschel Schlamm

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