Jacob the Liar

Jacob the Liar (1975)


  • Genre: History, Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1975-04-18
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 26 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
  • Director: Frank Beyer
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7.1

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.

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  • Vlastimil Brodský

    as Jakob Heym
  • Erwin Geschonneck

    as Kowalski
  • Henry Hübchen

    as Mischa
  • Blanche Kommerell

    as Rose Frankfurter
  • Manuela Simon

    as Lina
  • Zsuzsa Gordon

    as Mrs. Frankfurter
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl

    as Roman Schlamm
  • Friedrich Richter

    as Dr. Kirschbaum
  • Margit Bara

    as Josefa
  • Reimar Johannes Baur

    as Herschel Schlamm
  • Dezső Garas

    as Frankfurter
  • Hermann Beyer

    as Wachhabender
  • Klaus Brasch

    as
  • Jürgen Hilbrecht

    as
  • Paul Lewitt

    as
  • Edwin Marian

    as
  • Hans-Peter Reinecke

    as
Directing Frank Beyer Director
Editing Rita Hiller Editor
Production Herbert Ehler Producer
Camera Günter Marczinkowsky Director of Photography
Sound Joachim Werzlau Original Music Composer
Writing Frank Beyer Screenplay
Art Alfred Hirschmeier Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Joachim Dittrich Costume Design
Writing Jurek Becker Novel

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