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The Liar

1961 · 90 min

A gentle, bittersweet comedy about a father's well-meant lies, blending warmth and mild melancholy.

Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heinz Rühmann, Giulia Follina, Annemarie Düringer
Overview
When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.

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Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heinz Rühmann, Giulia Follina, Annemarie Düringer
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • deception
  • class
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Written by
Herman Shiffrin
Starring
Heinz Rühmann, Giulia Follina, Annemarie Düringer, Blandine Ebinger, Gustav Knuth, Werner Hinz, Joseph Offenbach, Werner Schumacher
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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