Jacob the Liar

Jacob the Liar

Released on
History, Drama, Comedy
Runtime
100 mins
(27 votes)

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

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