Directed by:
Frank BeyerCinematography:
Günter MarczinkowskyComposer:
Joachim WerzlauCast:
Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Manuela Simon, Margit Bara, Dezső Garas, Zsuzsa Gordon, Reimar J. Baur, Hermann Beyer (more)Plots(1)
Trapped in a Polish Ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. In order to be believed, he feigns access to a hidden, strictly forbidden radio. Quickly he becomes a one-man bulwark against despair, a reluctant hero, but a tragic figure still-a man ultimately powerless to see or change the fate of his people. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Erwin Geschonneck
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Henry Hübchen
Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)
Blanche Kommerell
East Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
The Sons of Great Bear (1966)
Manuela Simon
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Margit Bara
Romania
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Cold Days (1966)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Dezső Garas
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
Zsuzsa Gordon
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Recovery (1974)
Ants' Nest (1971)
Reimar J. Baur
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Vanina Vanini (1961)
Hermann Beyer
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Klaus Brasch
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Paul Lewitt
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Fritz Links
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
The Millionairess (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Edwin Marian
Poland
Best movies:
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
Hans-Peter Reinecke
German Empire
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
La Trace des pierres (1966)
Friedrich Richter
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Helmut Schellhardt
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965)
Peter Sturm
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Liberation (1971)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Horst Preusker
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Koffer mit Dynamit (1962)