Meschugge

Meschugge
Directed by	Dani Levy
Written by	Dani Levy Maria Schrader
Produced by	Stefan Arndt
Music by	Niki Reiser
Distributed by	Jugendfilm 20th Century Fox [1]
Release date	1998 (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 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 mainly uses English dialogue, though it contains 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". ^[2] 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." ^[3]

References

1. Guider, Elizabeth (12 November 1998). "Fox, Jugendfilm team for prod'n, distrib'n". Variety . Retrieved 10 September 2023.
2. Elley, Derek (October 25, 1998). "Review: "The Giraffe"". Variety . Retrieved May 22, 2013.
3. Scott, A.O (February 4, 2000). "The Giraffe (1998)". The New York Times . Retrieved May 22, 2013.

External links

• Meschugge at IMDb