Alles auf Zucker!
| Alles auf Zucker! | |
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| Directed by | Dani Levy |
| Produced by | Manuela Stehr |
| Written by |
Dani Levy Holger Franke |
| Starring |
Henry Hübchen Hannelore Elsner Udo Samel Gołda Tencer Steffen Groth |
| Music by | Niki Reiser |
| Distributed by | X Verleih AG |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Alles auf Zucker! (English: Go for Zucker) is a German comedy film, released internationally in 2004. It can be seen as part of the "Ossi-Wessi" confrontation within Germany. Directed by Dani Levy, the cast includes Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Gołda Tencer and Steffen Groth.
Director Dani Levy, himself Jewish, has made an ironic comedy about modern Jewish identity in present-day Germany. Henry Hübchen stars as Jaecki Zucker.
Jakob Zuckermann alias Jaeckie Zucker is Jewish. But he says he's got nothing to do with "that club", ever since his mother and his little brother left him behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany when he was young. Therefore when he learns of the death of his mother, he does not care. However he has to care. His younger brother pays him a visit with his family, because according to Jewish tradition, they have to observe the seven-day Shiv'ah period of mourning, and their Mamme's will requires them to reconcile in the presence of the rabbi and the family. If they fail, her assets will be bestowed upon the Jewish community of Berlin, and not them.
Most of the scenes were shot at Tegel Airport, Karl-Marx-Allee, Alexanderplatz, Oranienburger Straße and the Jewish Cemetery Weißensee in Berlin. The Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit makes a cameo appearance as himself.
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