---
title: 'Jacob the Liar (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Beyer'
released: '1974-12-22'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jacob-the-liar-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071688/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jacob the Liar (1974)

1974 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy · Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Germany

Original title: Jakob der Lügner

## Synopsis

Jacob the Liar is a 1974 war drama film directed by Frank Beyer, adapted by Beyer and Jurek Becker from the latter's novel of the same title. Set in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Holocaust, the film centers on Jakob Heym, a Polish Jew who attempts to raise the morale inside the ghetto by sharing encouraging rumors that he claims he has heard on an (imaginary) radio. The film was a co-production between East Germany and Czechoslovakia. It premiered on East German television on 22 December 1974, and was released theatrically on 18 April 1975.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-beyer)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-beyer), [Jurek Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurek-becker)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joachim Werzlau](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-werzlau)
- **Producer:** [Gerd Zimmermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-zimmermann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günter Marczinkowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-marczinkowsky)
- **Editor:** [Rita Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-hiller)

## Cast

- [Fred Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-ludwig)
- [Dezső Garas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dezso-garas)
- [Reimar Johannes Baur](https://cinepixo.com/people/reimar-johannes-baur)
- [Horst Preusker](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-preusker)
- [Vlastimil Brodský](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimil-brodsky)
- [Friedrich Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-richter)
- [Edwin Marian](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-marian)
- [Wilfried Zander](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfried-zander)
- [Armin Mueller-Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-mueller-stahl)
- [Zsuzsa Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsuzsa-gordon)
- [Fritz Links](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-links)
- [Jarmila Karlovská](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmila-karlovska)
- [Jürgen Hilbrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-hilbrecht)
- [Wolfgang Dehler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-dehler)
- [Peter Pauli](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-pauli)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jacob-the-liar-1974
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