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Jacob the Liar
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Title: Jacob the Liar

Release Date: 18 Apr 1975

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: History, Drama, Comedy

Director: DEFA, Gruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Companies: DEFA, Gruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.1 (26 votes)

Cast

  • Jakob Heym: Vlastimil Brodský
  • Kowalski: Erwin Geschonneck
  • Mischa: Henry Hübchen
  • Rose Frankfurter: Blanche Kommerell
  • Lina: Manuela Simon
  • Mrs. Frankfurter: Zsuzsa Gordon
  • Roman Schlamm: Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Dr. Kirschbaum: Friedrich Richter
  • Josefa: Margit Bara
  • Herschel Schlamm: Reimar Johannes Baur
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