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Jacob the Liar
1975, Apr 18
1h 40m
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.
Directed by
Frank Beyer
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Roman Schlamm
Vlastimil Brodský
Jakob Heym
Henry Hübchen
Mischa
Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
Margit Bara
Josefa
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Edwin Marian
Reimar Johannes Baur
Herschel Schlamm
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Klaus Brasch
Erwin Geschonneck
Kowalski
Friedrich Richter
Dr. Kirschbaum
Blanche Kommerell
Rose Frankfurter
Zsuzsa Gordon
Mrs. Frankfurter
Manuela Simon
Lina
Jürgen Hilbrecht
Paul Lewitt
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