Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the hospital and meets David, who is the woman's son. After David's mother dies from the injuries, a question remains: was she murdered? The trail leads to Germany. Apparently, Lena's mother has some kind of relationship with David's mother that reaches back into the dark German history of the 1940s
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Maria Schrader
Lena Katz
Known for
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Dani Levy
David Fish
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David Strathairn
Charles Kaminski
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Nicole Heesters
Lena's Mother
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Lukas Ammann
Eliah Goldberg
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Paul Butler
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Mario Giacalone
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Lynn Cohen
David's Mother
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Wichart von Roëll
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David Warren Burke
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Marcia Jean Kurtz
Rita Teichmann
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Dani Levy Director · Maria Schrader Writer Niki Reiser Composer
United States release February 4, 2000 · Produced in United States, Germany, Switzerland · Languages English, German
Production
Arte
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Condor Films
Production
Extrafilm
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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X-Filme Creative Pool
Production
United States · Germany · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Meschugge
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Canada · September 14, 1998
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · February 4, 2000
Theatrical
Germany
March 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
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