Meschugge
| Meschugge | |
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| Directed by | Dani Levy |
| Written by | Dani Levy Maria Schrader |
| Produced by | Stefan Arndt |
| Distributed by | Jugendfilm |
Release date | 1998 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | English German |
Meschugge (English title - The Giraffe) is a 1998 German thriller film directed by Dani Levy and set during World War II. The German title roughly translates as "crazy". The English title refers to the nickname of a character who was once in charge of the Treblinka extermination camp. The film features mainly English dialogue, though it features German dialogue as well.
Cast
- Maria Schrader as Lena Katz
- Lukas Ammann as Eliah Goldberg
- Lynn Cohen as Mrs Fish
- Dani Levy as David Fish
- David Strathairn as Charles Kaminski
- Nicole Heesters as Lena's mother
Reception
Variety gave a mixed review, calling the film "slickly shot" though criticising the plot and dialogue as "ordinary".[1] The New York Times was much more critical, stating the English dialogue seemed like "badly translated German" and the plots "breathless incoherence [was] matched only by its wild implausibility."[2]
References
- ^ Elley, Derek (October 25, 1998). "Review: "The Giraffe"". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ Scott, A.O (February 4, 2000). "The Giraffe (1998)". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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