Jacob the Liar
Jakob der Lügner
Release: 1974-12-22
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 6.9
History
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal"
Filmové studio Barrandov
Fernsehen der DDR
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Erwin Geschonneck
as Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
as Mischa
Zsuzsa Gordon
as Mrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Roman Schlamm
Reimar Johannes Baur
as Herschel Schlamm
Peter Sturm
Gabriele Gysi
Vlastimil Brodský
as Jakob Heym
Hermann Beyer
as Wachhabender
Klaus Brasch
Edwin Marian
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Helmut Schellhardt
Friedrich Richter
as Dr. Kirschbaum
Blanche Kommerell
as Rose Frankfurter
Margit Bara
as Josefa
Dezső Garas
as Frankfurter
