Release Date

22 Dec, 1974

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

Garas Dezső

Hermann Beyer

Klaus Brasch

Jürgen Hilbrecht

Paul Lewitt

Edwin Marian

Hans-Peter Reinecke

Fritz Links

Helmut Schellhardt

Peter Sturm

Eckhard Bilz

Crew

Jurek Becker

Frank Beyer

Joachim Dittrich

Alfred Hirschmeier

Frank Beyer

Herbert Ehler

Joachim Werzlau

Günter Marczinkowsky

Rita Hiller

Jurek Becker