| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color : 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Icestorm International classics |
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Icestorm International classics.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. |
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Includes documentary about director Frank Beyer (60 min.), introductory trailer of DEFA films (12 min.), biographies and pictures. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Günter Marczinkowsky ; music, Joachim Werzlau ; editing, Rita Hiller ; scenario editor, Gerd Gericke. |
| Cast |
Vlastimil Brodsky, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Manuela Simon, Margit Bara. |
| 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."--Container. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
German with English, Spanish, French and Hebrew subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Drama.
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Jews -- Germany -- Drama.
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Feature films -- Germany (East)
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Motion pictures -- Germany (East)
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Beyer, Frank, 1932-2006.
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Ehler, Herbert.
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Becker, Jurek, 1937-1997.
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Brodský, Vlastimil.
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Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930-
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Geschonneck, Erwin, 1906-2008.
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Hübchen, Henry, 1947-
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Kommerell, Blanche.
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Simon, Manuela.
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Bara, Margit, 1928-2016
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme. Gruppe Johannisthal.
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Fernsehen der DDR.
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Filmové studio Barrandov.
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Icestorm International, Inc.
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| Note |
English title: Jacob the liar |
| Added Title |
Jakob der Lügner. |
| ISBN |
$29.95 |
| Music No. |
69083 Icestorm International, Inc. |
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