Jacob the Liar
Released: December 22, 1974Runtime: 100 minLanguage: DE
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.
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Vlastimil Brodsky
as Jakob Heym
Reimar J Baur
as Herschel Schtamm
Armin Mueller Stahl
as Roman Schtamm
Klaus Brasch
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Erich Petraschk
as Chaim Balabusne
Fred Ludwig
as Awron Minsch
Margit Bara
as Josefa Litwin
Blanche Kommerell
as Rosa Frankfurter
Dezso Garas
as Felix Frankfurter
Zsuzsa Gordon
as Frau Frankfurter
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