The Liar

Directed by Ladislao Vajda
1961    90mComedy, Drama
6.45.8
When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.

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  • Heinz RühmannSebastian Schumann
  • Giulia FollinaNicky
  • Annemarie DüringerAnnemarie Karsten
  • Blandine EbingerFräulein Kriese
  • Gustav KnuthRotbarth
  • Werner HinzSperber
  • Joseph OffenbachBettler
  • Werner SchumacherGoliath
  • Balduin BaasWiedemayer
  • Günther JerschkeInspektor
  • Herbert WeißbachVorsitzender
  • Willy Maertens
  • Ladislao VajdaDirector
  • Herman ShiffrinWriter
  • Hermann HallerEditor

The Liar Trivia

The Liar was released on December 20, 1961.

The Liar was directed by Ladislao Vajda.

The Liar has a runtime of 90m.

The Liar was produced by Walter Koppel, Gyula Trebitsch.

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.

The key characters in The Liar are Sebastian Schumann (Heinz Rühmann), Nicky (Giulia Follina), Annemarie Karsten (Annemarie Düringer).

The Liar is a Comedy, Drama film.

The Liar has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.

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