Jacob the Liar

The story

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

V Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym E Erwin GeschonneckKowalski H Henry HübchenMischa B Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter M Manuela SimonLina Z Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter A Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm F Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum M Margit BaraJosefa R Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm D Dezső GarasFrankfurter H Hermann BeyerWachhabender

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K Klaus Brasch J Jürgen Hilbrecht P Paul Lewitt E Edwin Marian H Hans-Peter Reinecke F Fritz Links H Helmut Schellhardt P Peter Sturm E Eckhard Bilz G Gabriele Gysi F Fred Ludwig A Alfred Lux P Peter Pauli E Erich Petraschk W Wilfried Zander