Jacob the Liar

Directed by Frank Beyer
1974    1h 40mDrama, Comedy,
7.1100%85%
A Jewish ghetto in central 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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Cast of Jacob the Liar

  • Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym
  • Erwin GeschonneckKowalski
  • Henry HübchenMischa
  • Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter
  • Manuela SimonLina
  • Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter
  • Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm
  • Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum
  • Margit BaraJosefa
  • Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm
  • Dezső GarasFrankfurter
  • Hermann BeyerWachhabender
  • 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
  • Frank BeyerDirector / Writer
  • Jurek BeckerWriter
  • Herbert EhlerProducer

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