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Jacob the Liar (1974)

Jacob the Liar (1974)

Drama Comedy History
Release Date: 1974, December 22
Directors: Frank Beyer
Countries: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal", Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov, Filmové studio Barrandov, Fernsehen der DDR, Fernsehen der DDR
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Henry Hübchen, Hermann Beyer, Friedrich Richter, Dezső Garas, Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Reimar Johannes Baur, Blanche Kommerell, Zsuzsa Gordon, Manuela Simon, Margit Bara

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.

Keywords:

murder death hope ghetto radio transmission gestapo