Go for Zucker
posted August 4,
2006
GO
FOR ZUCKER, a rousing comedy from the
producers of GOODBYE, LENIN! Mixing slapstick humor with a
jaundiced eye for sharply drawn social
satire, not to mention a disarming dose of
political incorrectness, GO FOR ZUCKER stars Henry
Hübchen and Udo Samel as the two
estranged brothers; one a hard-living former East German
celebrity sports caster now very much down-on-his luck,
and the other, his quasi-Orthodox
brother from the West. The two are awkwardly reunited
when they learn that in order to share their mother's
inheritance they will need to
reconcile before burying her according to Jewish custom in
her native East Germany. Said to be the first
German-Jewish comedy made in Germany
since World War 2, Dani Levy's controversial and highly
entertaining contemporary farce was one of the most
talked-about films in Europe this year
and the winner of Germany's top film prize.
WINNER! of 6 ‘German Oscars’
WINNER! Ernst Lubitsch Award for Best German Comedy
Dani Levy was born in Basel, Switzerland in
1957. He is a film maker, theatrical director and actor. His
film include RobbyKallePaul, I was on Mars, Meschugge,
Du mich auch und Väter. His
most recent film is Alles auf Zucker (Go for Zucker).
He is one of the founders of the German company X Filme
Creative Pool.
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