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Original Title
Jakob der Lügner
Status
Released
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für SpielfilmeKünstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal"Filmové studio BarrandovFernsehen der DDR
Original Language
DE
Budget
-
Revenue
-
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.
Director
Frank Beyer
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Spoken Languages
German
