Film · Drama, Comedy, History
Jacob the Liar (1974)
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.
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Writers
- Jurek Becker, Frank Beyer
- Country
- XG
- Language
- German
- Release date
- December 22, 1974
- Original title
- Jakob der Lügner
Cast
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
