Jacob the Liar
1974-12-22 | 100 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym
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Erwin GeschonneckKowalski
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Henry HübchenMischa
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Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter
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Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter
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Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm
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Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum
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Margit BaraJosefa
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Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm
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Dezső GarasFrankfurter
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Hermann BeyerWachhabender
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Klaus Brasch
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Edwin Marian
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Hans-Peter Reinecke
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Helmut Schellhardt
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Peter Sturm
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