Jacob the Liar [2200] Released: 1974-12-22 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 100 mins Popularity: 1.8216 Vote Average: 6.9 Vote Count: 28 Overview: 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. Cast [27] Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym Erwin GeschonneckKowalski Henry HübchenMischa Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter Manuela SimonLina Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum Margit BaraJosefa Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm Dezső GarasFrankfurter Hermann BeyerWachhabender Klaus Brasch Jürgen Hilbrecht Paul Lewitt Edwin Marian Hans-Peter Reinecke Fritz Links Helmut Schellhardt Peter Sturm Eckhard Bilz Gabriele Gysi Fred Ludwig Alfred Lux Peter Pauli Erich Petraschk Wilfried Zander Trailers Official 2025 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]