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
Eckhard Bilz
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Harald Fischer
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Tecumseh (1972)
Jarmila Karlovská
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben (1976)
Josef Kočí
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Fred Ludwig
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Alfred Lux
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Kit & Co. (1974)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Peter Pauli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/671/161671952_7dfcb9.jpg)
Peter Pauli
German Empire
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Spring Symphony (1983)
Erich Petraschk
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
![Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/443/160443103_742c85.jpg)
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Wilfried Zander
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Ripley's Game (2002)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Norbert Christian
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
The Elixirs of the Devil (1972)
Luise Lunow
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Pappa ante Portas (1991)
Novemberkind (2008)
Wolfgang Dehler
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Ruth Kommerell
German Empire
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Moritz in the Advertising Column (1983)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)