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Meschugge

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Meschugge
Directed byDani Levy
Written byDani Levy
Maria Schrader
Produced byStefan Arndt
Distributed byJugendfilm
Release date
1998
Running time
107 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesEnglish
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

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

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (October 25, 1998). "Review: "The Giraffe"". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Scott, A.O (February 4, 2000). "The Giraffe (1998)". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2013.