Jacob the Liar

April. 18,1975      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Vlastimil Brodský as  Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck as  Kowalski
Henry Hübchen as  Mischa
Blanche Kommerell as  Rose Frankfurter
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

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