The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BeyerScreenplay
- Frank BeyerDirector
- Joachim WerzlauOriginal Music Composer
- Jurek BeckerScreenplay
Cast
- Vlastimil BrodskýJakob Heym
- Erwin GeschonneckKowalski
- Henry HübchenMischa
- Blanche KommerellRose Frankfurter
- Manuela SimonLina
- Zsuzsa GordonMrs. Frankfurter
- Armin Mueller-StahlRoman Schlamm
- Friedrich RichterDr. Kirschbaum
- Margit BaraJosefa
- Reimar Johannes BaurHerschel Schlamm
- Dezső GarasFrankfurter
- Hermann BeyerWachhabender