Alles auf Zucker!
- Henry Hübchen: Jaeckie sugar
- Hannelore Elsner: Marlene
- Udo Samel: Samuel
- Golda Tencer - Szurmiej: Golda / Marilyn
- Steffen Groth: Thomas
- Anja Franke: Jana
- Sebastian Blomberg: Joshua
- Elena Uhlig: Lilly
- Rolf Hoppe, Rabbi Ginsberg
- Inga Busch: Irene
- Renate Krößner: Linda
- Antonia Adamik: Sarah
- Klaus Wowereit: Himself
- Jochen Fahlenkamp: cantor
- Bernd Stegemann: bailiff
Alles auf Zucker! is a film directed by Dani Levy in the year 2004. comedy film reflects the life of Jews in modern Germany.
Action
The unemployed former GDR sports reporter Jakob Zuckermann alias Jaeckie sugar provides already long ceased to be a Jew. The Berlin is deep in financial problems when it reaches the news of his mother's death, and with it the hope of an inheritance that could help him out of a jam. However, the Testament meets sugar twice: The mother has determined that after her burial in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin -Weissensee a seven-day mourning period should be aligned according to Jewish tradition ( Schiv'a ), and this is sugar calculated together with his faithful brother Samuel perform from the West. Only when the decades feuding brothers reconciled as part of the mourning period, they get their inheritance. The legacy they can only win together or lose all.
Samuel travels with his wife Golda, the devout son Joshua and daughter Lilly from Frankfurt am Main. Jaeckies wife Marlene makes every effort to be fair, 'has to offer and stay kosher food and Jewish their children Thomas and Jana as sufficient ' guests a Jewish present, but the facade is seen through quickly. Jaeckie makes meanwhile especially concerned about a pending billiards tournament, which is provided with a prize money of 100,000 Euros and the triumphant player really needs to pay its debts. In order to participate, he steals a trick right from the funeral of the mother continued: He pretends a heart attack.
Marlene holds the Lügerei soon no more and confesses guests the shenanigans Jaeckies, also that their marriage deep trouble and that they are in financial difficulties. Contrary to expectations, makes this confession not to indignation and condemnation, because the sugar 's are financially dependent on the legacy of the mother. Jaeckie meanwhile is disqualified in said tournament, because he is late for a game round, and finally gets through the enormous stress in fact a heart attack, so he briefly falls even in a coma.
At the end of the two dissimilar families stick together but, because it is important to prevent the estate passes to the Jewish community, if they can not agree. The reconciliation finally succeeds. Even the Rabbi and his observers are finally ready for a conciliatory and pragmatic solution.
Success
The resulting in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ARTE commissioned by the WDR film was a huge surprise success not only with the critics but also the spectators. About one million spectators saw the film in German cinemas.
In the grounds of the award of the Ernst Lubitsch Prize in 2005 stated: " The current in the German cinemas with great success comedy about the everyday worries and troubles of a Jewish gambler is after decades of abstinence a revival of German - Jewish comedy is that with Ernst Lubitsch had experienced in the 10s and 20s of the last century its bloom. Levy satirized using sharp and partially turbulent joke slapstick and ambiguities, Jewish traditions and human weaknesses and is therefore in the best tradition Lubitschscher Comedy Arts. "
Criticism
"Between Jewish forced wake, revealing family secrets and a highly doped billiards tournament that Jacob has to win at all costs, advances Director Levy his characters rich in tempo to the body, with satirical sharpness, but loving and very understanding. A wonderfully casual, conversational strong and down to the smallest role admirably occupied comedy would have not given him credit for. For where Levy, serious ' films about cramping and Bedeutungswut stumble, ruled the normal everyday chaos here. And that has refreshingly authentic. "
" Largely amusing, excellently played, strong-willed, quirky comedy that wants to tell the story of Jewish life in Germany, but it tends always toward upscale boulevard theater and not get their subject matter given the weak script into the handle. The outstanding ensemble cast acts clearly under-challenged. "
"Unfortunately, the film is considered his television determination at any time. The coarse and low-contrast image can easily pay no cinema feeling. Also stand out negatively do the very constructed and unnecessary relationship networks of the children of unequal brother pair. These, however, that, Alles auf Zucker ' despite not be overlooked weaknesses is an entertaining, nice comedy, which it amusing, easygoing manner succeeds the Jewish life in the here and now represent free from fear of contact and ultimately shows that there is a pronunciation is never too late. "
" The Swiss have long been living in Berlin Jew [ Dani Levy ] invented, together with his co -author Holger Franke, an everyday story in the Jewish joke and Berlin chutzpah combine most beautifully together. [ ... ] Top star of the cast list, which offers a perfect blend of East and West, is the fantastic Henry Hübchen. Next to him, state boldly Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel and. And if there is one, can hold a Rabbi in the balance of cunning kindness and noble business acumen, so that's always our one and only Rolf Hoppe. "
Awards
German Film Prize
The film proved to be the big winner of the award of the German Film Prize 2005.
- Best Feature Film
- Best Director: Dani Levy
- Best Screenplay: Holger Franke, Dani Levy
- Best Actor: Henry Hübchen
- Best Costume Design: Lucie Bates
- Best Music: Niki Reiser
- Best Actress: Hannelore Elsner
- Best Supporting Actor: Udo Samel
- Best Editing: Elena bromo-
- Best Art Direction: Christian M. Goldbeck
Other
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize 2005 for the best comedic performance in the German cinema
- Price for the " Best Screenplay " the German Film Critics for Holger Franke and Dani Levy
- Boxoffice Germany Award ( Bogey ) for more than 1000 visitors per copy of the film on its opening weekend
- Audience Award, 7th Festival of German Films in Madrid
- Main Prize for Best European Film, European Film Smiles Festival 2005, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic