JACOB THE LIAR - DVD-1975-ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL

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• Release Year: 1974
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
• Plot: A Jewish ghetto in central 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.
• Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen
• Director: Frank Beyer
• Runtime: 100 min
• Media Format: movie