Beyer, Frank, Brodský, Vlastimil, Geschonneck, Erwin, Hübchen, Henry, Kommerell, Blanche, Simon, Manuela	...	(Director)
Jurek Becker, Jurek Becker	...	(Writer)
Vlastimil Brodský	...	Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck	...	Kowalski
Henry Hübchen	...	Mischa
Blanche Kommerell	...	Rosa Frankfurter
Manuela Simon	...	Lina
Dezsö Garas	...	Frankfurter
Zsuzsa Gordon	...	Mrs. Frankfurter
Friedrich Richter	...	Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara	...	Josefa
Reimar J. Baur	...	Herschel Schtamm
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Roman Schtamm
Hermann Beyer	...	Wachhabender
Klaus Brasch	...	Najdorf
Jürgen Hilbrecht	...	Schwocj
Paul Lewitt	...	Horowitz

Comments: DGE 102

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 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. Jacob the Liar is a heartbreaking yet funny film that enlivens with the sheer power of its insight.