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MESCHUGGE (1998)

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Film details

Featuring

Maria Schrader Daniel Levy David Strathairn
Director

Daniel Levy
Countries

Switzerland Germany
Year

1998
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A thriller and the story of a love - the love of David and Lena who meet up in New York without realising how much their lives are already connected with each other. David, the son of a traditional Jewish family from Brooklyn, feels at home in and yet alien to the conventions of his parents; Lena, the daughter from a liberal-secular Jewish home in Hameln, has come to New York to escape the spiritual narrowness of her family home and the middle-class values of the German provinces. But their love is overshadowed by a murder in which David's mother was the victim and both families are involved. This is where the lawyer Kaminski comes onto the scene. His speciality is divorces, but his calling is the solving of crimes against the Jewish people. He obstinately pursues the clues to the murderer ...

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Lena Katz
    
    Maria Schrader
  - David Fish
    
    Levy, Dani
  - Charles Kaminski
    
    David Strathairn
  - Lena's mother
    
    Nicole Heesters
  - Win
    
    Jeffrey Wright
  - Eliah Goldberg
    
    Lukes Ammann
  - Lt. Lynch
    
    Paul Butler
  - Det. Pucci
    
    Mario Giacalone
  - David's mother
    
    Lynn Cohen
  - cast member
    
    Erin Rakow
  - cast member
    
    Stephanie Roth
  - cast member
    
    Daniel Mastroianni
  - cast member
    
    Marcia Jean Kurtz
  - cast member
    
    Francine Beers
  - cast member
    
    Sylvia Kauders
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Levy, Dani
  - Assistant Director
    
    Tina Khayat
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    X Filme Creative Pool
  - Production Company
    
    Extrafilm
  - Production Company
    
    Condor-Films (Zurich)
  - In association with
    
    WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  - In association with
    
    Fernsehen der deutschen und der rätoromanischen Sc
  - In association with
    
    ARTE
  - Executive Producer
    
    Peter-Christian Fueter
  - Executive Producer
    
    Levy, Dani
  - Producer
    
    Stefan Arndt
  - Line Producer (Germany)
    
    Milanka Comfort
  - Line Producer (Germany)
    
    Tom Spieß
  - Line Producer (New York)
    
    Margot Bridger
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Louis Digiaimo
  - Casting
    
    Brett Goldstein
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Levy, Dani
  - Screenplay
    
    Maria Schrader
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Charly F. Koschnik
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Levy, Dani
  - Editor
    
    Sabine Hoffmann
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Teresa Mastropierro
  - Production Designer
    
    Volker Schäfer
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Ingrida Bendzuk
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Niki Reiser
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Raoul Grass
  - Sound
    
    Hubert Bartholomae
  Stunts:
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Manny Siverio

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