Jacob the Liar (1974)
Jakob der Lügner
101 min
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.
- Release date
- December 22, 1974
- Country of origin
- Germany
Where to watch
Free
Kanopy
Trailer
Cast
- Vlastimil Brodský as Jakob Heym
- Erwin Geschonneck as Kowalski
- Henry Hübchen as Mischa
- Blanche Kommerell as Rosa Frankfurter
- Zsuzsa Gordon as Frau Frankfurter
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Roman Schtamm
- Friedrich Richter as Dr. Kirschbaum
- Margit Bara as Josefa Litwin
- Reimar J. Baur as Herschel Schtamm
- Dezső Garas as Felix Frankfurter
- Hermann Beyer as Wachhabender
- Klaus Brasch as Josef Najdorf
- Edwin Marian
- Hans-Peter Reinecke
- Helmut Schellhardt
- Peter Sturm
- Eckhard Bilz
- Fred Ludwig as Awron Minsch
- Peter Pauli
- Erich Petraschk as Chaim Balabusne
Crew
- Frank Beyer · Director
- Jurek Becker · Writer
- Frank Beyer · Writer
- Gerd Gericke · Writer
- Joachim Werzlau · Composer
- Günter Marczinkowsky · Cinematographer
- Rita Hiller · Editor
- Alfred Hirschmeier · Production designer