Go for Zucker Movie Review 2005

Two estranged Jewish brothers, one living in eastern Germany, the other in the west, must clean up their act in order to receive the inheritance their recently-deceased mother left behind. As stated in the will, they must reconcile their differences and, more importantly, adhere to strict Jewish Orthodox conventions. Contrived storyline and loads of Jewish stereotypes drag this one into sitcom territory. A hit in Germany, but something is lost in translation for sure.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy--Black, Judaism, Germany, Satire & Parody

Screenplay

Dani Levy, Holgar Franke

Cast

Henry Hubchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Sebastian Blomberg, Rolf Hoppe, Golda Tencer, Steffen Groth, Anja Franke, Elena Uhlig

Cinematography

Carl F. Koschnick

Director

Dani Levy

Music

Niki Reiser

Other

Arno Wilms, Elmar Wilms, Hubert Bartholomae, Elena Bromund, Stefan Hauck, Lucie Bates, Christian M. Goldbeck

Producer

Manuela Stehr, arte, X-Films Creative Pool, WDR, BR, First Run Features