Jacob the Liar

1974 film by Frank Beyer
Movie film Q656707
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Jacob the Liar

Summary

Jacob the Liar is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jacob the Liar's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Jacob the Liar's director is recorded as Frank Beyer[4].
  • Jacob the Liar's screenwriter is recorded as Jurek Becker[5].
  • Jacob the Liar's screenwriter is recorded as Frank Beyer[6].
  • Jacob the Liar's composer is recorded as Joachim Werzlau[7].
  • Jacob the Liar's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Jacob the Liar's genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Vlastimil Brodský[10].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Erwin Geschonneck[11].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Henry Hübchen[12].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Blanche Kommerell[13].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Friedrich Richter[14].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Reimar Johannes Baur[15].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Armin Mueller-Stahl[16].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Hermann Beyer[17].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Klaus Brasch[18].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Jürgen Hilbrecht[19].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Edwin Marian[20].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Hans-Peter Reinecke[21].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Helmut Schellhardt[22].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Erich Petraschk[23].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Fred Ludwig[24].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Gabriele Gysi[25].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Horst Preusker[26].
  • Jacob the Liar's cast member is recorded as Paul Lewitt[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Jacob the Liar's producer is recorded as Gerd Zimmermann[28]. Its director is recorded as Frank Beyer[4]. Screenwriters include Jurek Becker[5] and Frank Beyer[6]. Cast members include Vlastimil Brodský[10], Erwin Geschonneck[11], Henry Hübchen[12], Blanche Kommerell[13], Friedrich Richter[14], and Reimar Johannes Baur[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1974-12-22T00:00:00Z[29], +1975-04-17T00:00:00Z[30], +1975-07-00T00:00:00Z[31], +1975-10-31T00:00:00Z[32], +1976-06-24T00:00:00Z[33], and +1977-04-24T00:00:00Z[34]. Jacob the Liar's original language of film or TV show is recorded as German[35]. Genres include drama film[8] and comedy film[9].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include World War II[36] and The Holocaust[37].

Why It Matters

Jacob the Liar ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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