Jacob the Liar
Dec 22, 1974 · 1h 40m · History, Drama, Comedy
⭐ 6.9· 28 votes
Director Frank Beyer
Writer Frank Beyer
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Overview
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.
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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
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
Klaus Brasch
Jürgen Hilbrecht
Paul Lewitt
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