Jakob der Lügner : Jakob the liar

The Resource Jakob der Lügner : Jakob the liar
Label
Jakob der Lügner : Jakob the liar
Title remainder
Jakob the liar
Statement of responsibility
DEFA Studio für Spielfilme, Gruppe Johannisthal und Fernsehen der DDR ; eine Gemeinschaftsproduktion in Zusammenarbeit mit Filmové studio Barrandov ; Buch, Jurek Becker ; Produktionsleitung, Herbert Ehler ; Regie, Frank Beyer
Title variation
Jacob the liar
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • spa
  • fre
  • heb
  • ger
  • ger
Summary
Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local 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
Member of
Cataloging source
MTG
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Günter Marczinkowsky ; music, Joachim Werzlau ; editing, Rita Hiller ; scenario editor, Gerd Gericke
Language note
German with English, Spanish, French and Hebrew subtitles
PerformerNote
Vlastimil Brodsky, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Manuela Simon, Margit Bara
Runtime
96
Series statement
Icestorm International classics
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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