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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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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal", Filmové studio Barrandov, Fernsehen der DDR
Original Title
Jakob der Lügner
Original Language
German
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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
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Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
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Klaus Brasch
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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
