Jacob the Liar (1975)

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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Top billed cast

Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym
Erwin GeschonneckKowalski
Henry HübchenMischa
Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter
Manuela SimonLina
Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm
Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum
Margit BaraJosefa
Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm

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