Meschugge
{{short description|1998 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Meschugge
| director = Dani Levy
| image = Meschugge.jpg
| producer = Stefan Arndt
| writer = {{ubl|Dani Levy|Maria Schrader}}
| starring =
| music = Niki Reiser
| distributor = {{ubl|Jugendfilm|20th Century Fox{{cite web|title=Fox, Jugendfilm team for prod'n, distrib'n|website=Variety|first=Elizabeth|last=Guider|date=12 November 1998|access-date=10 September 2023|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/fox-jugendfilm-team-for-prod-n-distrib-n-1117488446/}}}}
| released = {{Film date|1998}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|English|German}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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".{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/the-giraffe-1200455385/ |title=Review: "The Giraffe" |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |date=October 25, 1998 |website=Variety |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2013}} 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."{{cite web |title=The Giraffe (1998) |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE5D7133FF937A35751C0A9669C8B63 |last1=Scott |first1=A.O |date=February 4, 2000 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0154870|Meschugge}}
{{Maria Schrader}}
{{Stefan Arndt}}
Category:German thriller films
Category:1990s German-language films
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language German films
Category:Foreign films set in the United States
Category:Films directed by Dani Levy
Category:1998 multilingual films
Category:German multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Niki Reiser
Category:English-language thriller films
Category:Films produced by Stefan Arndt
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