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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
Erwin Geschonneck
Kowalski
Edwin Marian
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Blanche Kommerell
Rose Frankfurter
Friedrich Richter
Dr. Kirschbaum
Peter Sturm
Margit Bara
Josefa
Helmut Schellhardt
Reimar Johannes Baur
Herschel Schlamm
Klaus Brasch
Gabriele Gysi
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Zsuzsa Gordon
Mrs. Frankfurter
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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