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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
Friedrich Richter
Dr. Kirschbaum
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Edwin Marian
Henry Hübchen
Mischa
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
Reimar Johannes Baur
Herschel Schlamm
Klaus Brasch
Margit Bara
Josefa
Zsuzsa Gordon
Mrs. Frankfurter
Blanche Kommerell
Rose Frankfurter
Helmut Schellhardt
Peter Sturm
Erwin Geschonneck
Kowalski
Gabriele Gysi
Manuela Simon
Lina
Jürgen Hilbrecht
Paul Lewitt
Fritz Links
Eckhard Bilz
Fred Ludwig
Alfred Lux
Peter Pauli
Erich Petraschk
Wilfried Zander
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