Overview
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.
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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
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