Jacob the Liar

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.

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  Vlastimil Brodský

  Jakob Heym
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  Erwin Geschonneck

  Kowalski
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  Henry Hübchen

  Mischa
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  Blanche Kommerell

  Rose Frankfurter
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  Zsuzsa Gordon

  Mrs. Frankfurter
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  Armin Mueller-Stahl

  Roman Schlamm
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  Friedrich Richter

  Dr. Kirschbaum
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  Margit Bara

  Josefa
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  Reimar Johannes Baur

  Herschel Schlamm
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  Dezső Garas

  Frankfurter