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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  Frank Beyer

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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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  Manuela Simon
  Lina
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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
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  Hermann Beyer
  Wachhabender
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  Klaus Brasch
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  Jürgen Hilbrecht
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  Paul Lewitt
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  Edwin Marian
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  Hans-Peter Reinecke
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  Fritz Links
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  Helmut Schellhardt
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  Peter Sturm
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  Eckhard Bilz
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  Gabriele Gysi
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  Fred Ludwig
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  Alfred Lux