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Monsieur Zucker joue son va-tout

Original title: Alles auf Zucker!
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.9K
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Monsieur Zucker joue son va-tout (2004)
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A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked f... Read allA Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the fun... Read allA Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many ... Read all

  • Director
    • Dani Levy
  • Writers
    • Dani Levy
    • Holger Franke
  • Stars
    • Henry Hübchen
    • Hannelore Elsner
    • Udo Samel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    2.9K
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    • Director
      • Dani Levy
    • Writers
      • Dani Levy
      • Holger Franke
    • Stars
      • Henry Hübchen
      • Hannelore Elsner
      • Udo Samel
    • 14User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Henry Hübchen
    Henry Hübchen
    • Jakob 'Jaeckie Zucker' Zuckermann
    Hannelore Elsner
    Hannelore Elsner
    • Marlene Zuckermann
    Udo Samel
    Udo Samel
    • Samuel Zuckermann
    Golda Tencer
    Golda Tencer
    • Golda Zuckermann
    Steffen Groth
    Steffen Groth
    • Thomas Zuckermann
    Anja Franke
    • Jana Zuckermann
    Sebastian Blomberg
    Sebastian Blomberg
    • Joshua Zuckermann
    Elena Uhlig
    Elena Uhlig
    • Lilly Zuckermann
    Rolf Hoppe
    Rolf Hoppe
    • Rabbi Ginsberg
    Inga Busch
    • Irene Bunge
    Antonia Adamik
    • Sarah Zuckermann
    Renate Krößner
    Renate Krößner
    • Linda
    Axel Werner
    • Eddy Dürr
    Rhada Hammoudah
    • Janice
    • (as Ghada Hammoudah)
    Tatjana Blacher
    Tatjana Blacher
    • Tatjana
    Jurij Rosstalnyj
    • Ukrainer Matzjak
    • (as Juri Rosstanlnji)
    Bernd Stegemann
    Bernd Stegemann
    • Gerichtsvollzieher Schmöcker
    Tino Lau
    • Hüne
    • Director
      • Dani Levy
    • Writers
      • Dani Levy
      • Holger Franke
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    Crap_Connoisseur

    A German Comedy That Is Actually Funny

    I usually find German comedies about as amusing as bad diarrhea. I love German cinema but films like "Der Schuh des Manitus" and the entire "Otto" series have traumatised me to the point where I now just stick with German dramas and thrillers. Therefore, it was a big surprise to find that Alles Auf Zucker is not only an extremely well made and acted film, but also very funny.

    The set up in Alles Auf Zucker has been done many times before, bringing two mismatched parties together in order to reach a common goal. In this case, brothers Jaeckie and Samuel are forced to end their long running feud and strictly follow Jewish customs for 7 days after the funeral of their mother in order to accept her inheritance. The twist being that while Samuel's family live as orthodox Jews, Jaeckie has entirely forgotten his religion. Many of the laughs stem from Jaeckie's wife's last minute crash-course in Jewish culture and Jaeckie's general disinterest.

    The film owes a lot of its charm to Henry Huebchen, who plays Jaeckie, and Hannelore Elsner, who plays his wife. Alles Auf Zucker is really built around Huebchen's performance and he is effortlessly convincing as an endearing loser. Elsner, in my opinion the best actress working in Germany at the moment, brings her usual skill and world weary charm to what is really little more than a supporting role. Udo Samel also deserves praise for his turn as Samuel, fleshing out a character that could have been little more than a stereotype in the hands of a lesser actor.

    In addition to some fine performances, Alles Auf Zucker is also blessed with a witty script and stylish direction by Dani Levy. These qualities more than make-up for some lazy plotting, such as Samuel's Ecstasy experience, and the unnecessary touches of whimsy that have Jaeckie speak directly to the audience. I think the film could have also done without the creepy inter-cousin romance. Nevertheless, these are minor faults with what is a very funny and charming film.
    5dromasca

    I wish it was more crazy

    There are two big divides in the family that this film centers on, and these are the premises of what could have been a very fun and touching movie at the same time, with a political and human message not to be missed. It's about Jewish family led two brothers, where one side are orthodox and observant Jews, while the other side are completely agnostic, actually involved in mixed marriage between a Jewish man and a non-Jewish woman which would make the children non-Jewish according to Jewish faith. The other divide is the Berlin wall and the division of Germany during the cold war which makes the observant family leave in the prosperous West, while the other half of the family leaves in the East. Not that the Eastern European brother lacks success and charisma, he is actually the more interesting character of the two, a former TV sports reporter dealing with a small prostitution business and a champ in billiards, but who finds himself in dire straits because of gambling and debts. Ten or fifteen years after the fall of the wall, when reunions are possible the mother of the two dies and in her the testament she asks for a traditional burial followed by the one week shiva mourning period, and a true reconciliation as a precondition for inheriting.

    There are two ways to approach making such a movie. Rely on character comics, but here you need to be quite careful as a movie dealing with Jewish characters risks to be considered as too offensive if they pedal too much on this line. Although a lot of stereotypes are present I did not find them offensive at all (yes, I am Jewish), actually it's more the gay and sexual allusions that some may find more visible and doubt there good taste. The other approach would be to deal more with the political theme, but here the film is just a pale social commentary, and it never gets even close to the subtlety and human dimension of a film like 'Good-bye, Lenin'.

    Unfortunately by choosing the middle of the road the director condemned the film to mediocrity, and instead of good laughs it's mostly polite smiles all along. It's not that good comedy scenes are completely missing, but I could not escape the feeling that the premises of the movie are better than the outcome, and that if the authors had chosen a more definite line, or just dared to be more crazy the result would have been better.
    10rob-1253

    Treat yourself

    Lighten up. It's a movie. It's not real life. Enjoy it for what it is. I laughed out loud in the theater continually. These are romantic movie characters. My belief was definitely suspended. i recommend this movie to others constantly as one of the best I've seen this year. Reality TV is no more real than these characters. It's refreshing to finally see a German comedy rather than the pap that the American cinema churns out. There are many twists in this movie that will add levity to your day. Go Go Go And take someone with you. Germany has become so strict and gloomy in the world's eye that it's great they can cross boundaries that many are scared to talk about. C'mon we're all people. We all have beliefs. We should be able to laugh at ourselves and certainly have to ability to see the human in this mortal existence.
    8mabuse786

    One hell of a movie

    This movie is really great. I fully enjoyed it and it was fun and gives you an idea of what the Jewsish community would have added to German society if they would not have been killed during the Holocaust. This is a sad thing and I say that as a German. I love to see what light hearted story Dani Levy made and it's really excellent actresses and actors. This movie is entertaining, easy to watch but has it's twists. Personally I really admire the screenplay of the actresses and actord -it is really wonderful and sets up a 'believable' environment for the movie. The fight between the brothers is also very noticeable.
    missmarmite

    At last!

    Wow, I can't say for how long I have been waiting for a film like this! I was always looking enviously over to America where they have films with, say, a dozen characters and one of them happens to be Jewish. But neither the Shoah is mentioned, nor Israel nor any other "typically Jewish" topics. These characters are Jewish like others are catholic or Mormon or atheist. Great. We never had this here in the last decades and I wondered when at last we would be treated to films like that made in Germany.

    This film might not be 100% brilliant, but it's funny, it's very good and worth its while and money. Originally made only for Arte TV, they decided to get it into cinema first. And what a great idea this was! Hopefully more films like this will follow, so that we all can go another step on the way back to normal. Because it is normal to see black German characters, Turkish-German characters and Jewish German characters and what else in films and series and plays. So, writers, sit yourself down and write. Directors and producers are hopefully waiting for good scripts! They better be...

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 2005 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (United States)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Go for Zucker
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • X-Filme Creative Pool
      • ARTE
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $87,490
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,130
      • Dec 11, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,466,803
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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