Go for Zucker (2004)

A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked ... See full summary »

Director:

Dani Levy

Writers:

Dani Levy, Holger Franke

Stars:

Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel

8 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Henry Hübchen	...	Jakob 'Jaeckie Zucker' Zuckermann
Hannelore Elsner	...	Marlene Zuckermann
Udo Samel	...	Samuel Zuckermann
Golda Tencer	...	Golda Zuckermann
Steffen Groth	...	Thomas Zuckermann
Anja Franke	...	Jana Zuckermann
Sebastian Blomberg	...	Joshua Zuckermann
Elena Uhlig	...	Lilly Zuckermann
Rolf Hoppe	...	Rabbi Ginsberg
Inga Busch	...	Irene Bunge
Antonia Adamik	...	Sarah Zuckermann
Renate Krößner	...	Linda
Axel Werner	...	Eddy Dürr
Gada Hammoudah	...	Janice (as Ghada Hammoudah)
Tatjana Blacher	...	Tatjana

Storyline

A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many other things mixes up.

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Plot Keywords:

deception | jewish culture | loser | funeral | nightclub | 

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Taglines:

An unorthodox comedy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dani Levy: the pool player in the last scene of the film

User Reviews

At last!

Wow, I can't say for how long I have been waiting for a film like this! I was always looking enviously over to America where they have films with, say, a dozen characters and one of them happens to be Jewish. But neither the Shoah is mentioned, nor Israel nor any other "typically Jewish" topics. These characters are Jewish like others are catholic or Mormon or atheist. Great. We never had this here in the last decades and I wondered when at last we would be treated to films like that made in Germany.

This film might not be 100% brilliant, but it's funny, it's very good and worth its while and money. Originally made only for Arte TV, they decided to get it into cinema first. And what a great idea this was! Hopefully more films like this will follow, so that we all can go another step on the way back to normal. Because it is normal to see black German characters, Turkish-German characters and Jewish German characters and what else in films and series and plays. So, writers, sit yourself down and write. Directors and producers are hopefully waiting for good scripts! They better be...

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [United States]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Go for Zucker

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,130, 11 December 2005

Gross USA:

$87,490

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,466,803

Company Credits

Production Co:

X-Filme Creative Pool, ARTE, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1