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Jacob the Liar (1974)
Directed by Frank Beyer
History, Drama, Comedy · 1h 40m
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.
Cast
Vlastimil Brodský
Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck
Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
Mischa
Blanche Kommerell
Rose Frankfurter
M
Manuela Simon
Lina
Zsuzsa Gordon
Mrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Roman Schlamm
Friedrich Richter
Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara
Josefa
Reimar Johannes Baur
Herschel Schlamm
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
Crew
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Screenplay
- Frank Beyer, Jurek Becker
- Novel
- Jurek Becker
- Director of Photography
- Günter Marczinkowsky
- Original Music Composer
- Joachim Werzlau
- Editor
- Rita Hiller
- Producer
- Herbert Ehler
Details
- Original title
- Jakob der Lügner
- Release date
- 1974-12-22
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- History, Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia, East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov, Fernsehen der DDR