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Jacob the Liar

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Jacob the Liar
Jakob der Lügner
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing East Germany
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Directed by Frank Beyer
Release Date December 22, 1974 (TV)
April 18, 1975 (Cinema)
Language German
Studio DEFA
DFF
Barrandov Studios
Distributor Progress Film
Main Cast
Character Actor
Jakob Heym Vlastimil Brodský
Kowalski Erwin Geschonneck
Mischa Henry Hübchen
Rosa Frankfurter Blanche Kommerell
Lina Manuela Simon
Roman Schtamm Armin Mueller-Stahl


Jacob the Liar is a 1974 East German movie directed by Frank Beyer and is based on the novel of the same name by Jurek Beckers. 1944: Jakob Heym, living in a Polish ghetto, hears by chance on the radio about the advance of the Red Army, but he cannot spread this news so easily. In order to give hope to his fellow sufferers, he pretends that he has a hidden radio and gives the ghetto inhabitants courage to face life with ever new lies.

The role of Jakob was initially to be played by the well-known West German actor Heinz Rühmann. However, this casting decision was ultimately rejected by Erich Honecker himself on the grounds that it would be a violation of the principle of two fundamentally different German states if Heinz Rühmann played the part. In Rühmann's place, the role was taken by the well-known Czech actor Vlastimil Brodský (voiced by Norbert Christia), who had already been considered by Frank Beyer for the failed 1966 production. It was the only East German film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

An American remake was released in 1999 directed by Peter Kassovitz starring Robin Williams, Bob Balaban, Liev Schreiber, and Armin Mueller-Stahl.


The following weapons were used in the film Jacob the Liar:


Karabiner 98k

Near all German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98ks.

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Karabiner 98k with S84/98 bayonet - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A guard in the watchtower (Eckhard Bilz) at the railway station with his Karabiner.
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Jakob watches the changing of the guard.
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Another guard (Bernhard Schauder) outside the station with his slung carbine.
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Another guard in the watchtower aims at Herschel Schtamm (Reimar J. Baur).

Pistol Holster

At the beginning of the movie, the Wachhabender (sentry) (Hermann Beyer) takes his holster which appears to contain a pistol that could not be identified.

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