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Jacob the Liar

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 1975-04-18
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: DEFA, Gruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov,


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 / Directors

Frank Beyer
Director


Cast

Vlastimil Brodský
Character: Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck
Character: Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
Character: Mischa

Blanche Kommerell
Character: Rose Frankfurter
Manuela Simon
Character: Lina
Zsuzsa Gordon
Character: Mrs. Frankfurter

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Character: Roman Schlamm
Friedrich Richter
Character: Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara
Character: Josefa

Reimar Johannes Baur
Character: Herschel Schlamm
Dezső Garas
Character: Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
Character: Wachhabender




Production and Crew

Joachim Dittrich
Costume Design
Frank Beyer
Screenplay

Joachim Werzlau
Original Music Composer
Günter Marczinkowsky
Director of Photography