What a mess

Movie
Original title	What a mess
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2009
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Dirk rule
script	Daniel Wolf
production	Alice Brauner
music	Martin Stock
camera	Stephan Wagner
cut	Claudia Fröhlich
occupation
Natalia Avelon : Jil Grüngras Johannes Zirner : Marc Norderstedt Mariella Ahrens : Netty Rosenberg Sharon Brauner : Scheindl Gedeon Burkhard : Patrick Silberschatz Rolf Eden : Guest John Friedmann : Larry Hans Peter Hallwachs : David Silberschatz Rolf Hoppe : Moshe 'Zaide' powder Gudrun Landgrebe : Frederike Norderstedt Dieter Landuris : Mickey Rosenberg Helmut Markwort : Schlomo Michael Mendl : Benno Grüngras Marianne Sägebrecht : Aunt Sarah Silberschatz Cornelia Saborowski : Zippi August Zirner : Ludwig Norderstedt

Such a mess is a German love comedy that was produced in 2009 and broadcast on January 29, 2010 on Erste .

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Actually, things couldn't go any better for the young Berlin Jewess Jil: after a long period of being single, she fell in love with the landscape architect Marc Norderstedt. However, there is a small problem: Marc is a so-called Goi , a non-Jew. What is not a major problem for the liberal Jil is, however, a moderate catastrophe for her Jewish family. All they want is for Jil to marry a Jew. However, since Jil does not want to simply give up her love for Marc, but also does not dare to reveal to her family that she loves a non-Jew, she decides to introduce Marc to her family as a Jew. The plan initially works. At a joint dinner, Marc presented himself as a successful Jewish landscape architect. Jil's family is very fond of him.

The next few weeks went according to plan - apart from minor conflicts between Jil and Marc. At Jils nephew Ruven's bar mitzvah, however, the game of hide-and-seek is revealed: when little Ruven happens to see Marc's father Ludwig while going to the toilet, Ruven is confused because Ludwig is not circumcised . Ruven runs to Jil's family and tells them about his "discovery". Marc's parents, who don't know about their son's game of hide and seek, tell Jil's family that they are not Jews at all. Jil's relatives are shocked and deeply disappointed by Jils and Marc's lie. To make matters worse, Grandfather Moshe collapses and has to be hospitalized. At first it seems as if the relationship between Jil and Marc is finally over. But Zippi, Jil's liberal lesbian friend, brings both families back together. It manages that the cultural differences are accepted from all sides.

useful information

• The film was shot exclusively in Berlin . The film was directed by Dr. Alice Brauner, the daughter of the legendary film producer Artur Brauner , produces. The story is based on their own experiences.
• When the film was broadcast on January 29, 2010, 3.93 million people saw the film, which corresponds to a market share of 12.3 percent in the audience age 3 and over.
• The noun Schlamassel in the title of the film goes back to the Yiddish Schlimassel (derived from the Hebrew mazl for luck), which means something like "bad luck, find yourself in a rather hopeless situation."

Web links

• Such a mess in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quota check on quotenmeter.de