Meschugge
The Giraffe
Germany / Switzerland, February 1998
FILM,
Fiction,
100 min.
A murder case in the New York Jewish milieu. David, the son of the victim, sets out with a private detective to track down the killer. He meets Lena, who fascinates him, and whose mother disappeared to Germany the day after the murder… The film combines a passionate love story with an electrifying thriller where the characters' fate are inextricably bound together in a web and caught up in the march of the story.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 1998
- Original Version
- English, colour, 35mm, 100 min.
- Production
- X Filme Creative Pool GmbH, Condor Films AG, Jugend Film GmbH, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, ARTE G.E.I.E., SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- directed by
- Dani Levy
- Written by
- Dani Levy
- Cinematography
- Carl F. Koschnick
- Editing
- Dani Levy
- Music
- Niki Reiser
- Location Sound Mix
- Raoul Grass
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Bavaria Media GmbH
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Istanbul, International Istanbul Film Festival
15.04.2000 - 30.04.2000 -
Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Film Festival
13.01.2000 - 24.01.2000 -
International Film Festival Bratislava
30.11.1999 - 08.12.1999 -
Boston, Boston Jewish Film Festival
04.11.1999 - 14.11.1999 -
Karlovy Vary, International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary
02.07.1999 - 10.07.1999 -
European Film Market
10.02.1999 - 21.02.1999 -
German Cinema
10.02.1999 - 21.02.1999 -
Brussels, Brussels Film Festival
20.01.1999 - 31.01.1999 -
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
28.10.1998 - 01.11.1998
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Toronto, Toronto International Film Festival
10.09.1998 - 19.09.1998