Jacob the Liar
movie
Released December 22, 1974
Overview
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
Vlastimil Brodský
as
Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck
as
Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
as
Mischa
Blanche Kommerell
as
Rose Frankfurter
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Manuela Simon
as
Lina
Zsuzsa Gordon
as
Mrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as
Roman Schlamm
Friedrich Richter
as
Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara
as
Josefa
Reimar Johannes Baur
as
Herschel Schlamm
Dezső Garas
as
Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
as
Wachhabender
Crew
Frank Beyer
as
Director
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Rita Hiller
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Editor
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Herbert Ehler
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Producer
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Günter Marczinkowsky
as
Director of Photography
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Joachim Werzlau
as
Original Music Composer
Frank Beyer
as
Screenplay
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Alfred Hirschmeier
as
Set Designer
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Joachim Dittrich
as
Costume Design
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Jurek Becker
as
Novel
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Jurek Becker
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Screenplay