Release Date

18 Apr, 1975

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Jakob der Lügner

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Actors

Vlastimil Brodský

Erwin Geschonneck

Henry Hübchen

Blanche Kommerell

Manuela Simon

Zsuzsa Gordon

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Friedrich Richter

Margit Bara

Reimar Johannes Baur

Dezső Garas

Hermann Beyer

Klaus Brasch

Jürgen Hilbrecht

Paul Lewitt

Edwin Marian

Hans-Peter Reinecke

Crew

Jurek Becker

Frank Beyer

Joachim Dittrich

Alfred Hirschmeier

Frank Beyer

Herbert Ehler

Joachim Werzlau

Günter Marczinkowsky

Rita Hiller