Jacob the Liar
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- Runtime
- 100 mins
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.
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
- Vlastimil Brodský
- Erwin Geschonneck
- Henry Hübchen
- Blanche Kommerell
- Manuela Simon
- Zsuzsa Gordon
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Friedrich Richter
- Margit Bara
- Reimar Johannes Baur
- Dezső Garas
- Hermann Beyer
- Klaus Brasch
- Jürgen Hilbrecht
- Paul Lewitt
- Edwin Marian
- Hans-Peter Reinecke
- Fritz Links
- Helmut Schellhardt
- Peter Sturm
- Eckhard Bilz
- Gabriele Gysi
- Fred Ludwig
- Alfred Lux
- Peter Pauli
- Erich Petraschk
- Wilfried Zander
Director
- Frank Beyer
Producers
- Herbert Ehler
Screenwriter
- Frank Beyer
- Jurek Becker
