A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that he is in possession of a radio - in the ghetto a crime punishable by death. It doesn't take long for word of Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.
Cast
Vlastimil Brodský
Jakob Heym
Erwin Geschonneck
Kowalski
Henry Hübchen
Mischa
Blanche Kommerell
Rose Frankfurter
Manuela Simon
Lina
Zsuzsa Gordon
Mrs. Frankfurter
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Roman Schlamm
Friedrich Richter
Dr. Kirschbaum
Margit Bara
Josefa
Reimar Johannes Baur
Herschel Schlamm
Dezső Garas
Frankfurter
Hermann Beyer
Wachhabender
Klaus Brasch
Unknown
Jürgen Hilbrecht
Unknown
Paul Lewitt
Unknown
Edwin Marian
Unknown
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Unknown
Fritz Links
Unknown
Helmut Schellhardt
Unknown
Peter Sturm
Unknown
Eckhard Bilz
Unknown
Gabriele Gysi
Unknown
Fred Ludwig
Unknown
Alfred Lux
Unknown
Peter Pauli
Unknown
Erich Petraschk
Unknown
Wilfried Zander
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