Jakob der Lügner (1975)
Jacob the Liar
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
as Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck
as Kowalski
as Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
as Mischa
as Mischa
Blanche Kommerell
as Rose Frankfurter
as Rose Frankfurter
Manuela Simon
as Lina
as Lina
Zsuzsa Gordon
as Mrs. Frankfurter
as Mrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Roman Schlamm
as Roman Schlamm
Friedrich Richter
as Dr. Kirschbaum
as Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara
as Josefa
as Josefa
Reimar Johannes Baur
as Herschel Schlamm
as Herschel Schlamm
Dezső Garas
as Frankfurter
as Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
as Wachhabender
as Wachhabender
Klaus Brasch
as
as
Jürgen Hilbrecht
as
as
Paul Lewitt
as
as
Edwin Marian
as
as
Hans-Peter Reinecke
as
as
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Frank Beyer
Director
Director
Rita Hiller
Editor
Editor
Herbert Ehler
Producer
Producer
Günter Marczinkowsky
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Joachim Werzlau
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Frank Beyer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Alfred Hirschmeier
Set Designer
Set Designer
Joachim Dittrich
Costume Design
Costume Design
Jurek Becker
Novel
Novel
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