Watch Jacob the Liar (1975) : Movies Online 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 | : | Apr 18, 1975 |
Runtime | : | |
Genres | : | History, Drama, Comedy |
Production Company | : | DEFA, Gruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov |
Production Countries | : | Czechoslovakia, East Germany |
Casts | : | Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Manuela Simon, Zsuzsa Gordon, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Friedrich Richter, Margit Bara, Reimar Johannes Baur, Dezső Garas |
Plot Keywords | : | hope, ghetto, radio transmission, murder, gestapo, death |
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