Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 10 nominations
- Menachem
- (as Gidon Shemer)
- Iris
- (as Natali Szylman)
- Director
- Writers
- Knut Berger(uncredited)
- Caroline Peters(uncredited)
- Andreas Struck(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCaroline Peters, who plays Pia, revealed in an interview on Israeli television that her actual grandfather was a Nazi, just like her character's grandfather in the film
- GoofsWhen Eyal visits Menachem's Berlin hotel, a shot down its hall reveals that all the rooms have Mezuzot on the doorframes. At the door to Menachem's room, the only room without a Mezuzah, there is a clearly visible unpainted patch from which the Mezuzah had been removed just for that shot. A Mezuzah is a small box filled with bible passages (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21). Jews put them on the doorframes of houses and other buildings. Their presence reveals that the filmmakers used an Israeli location for that hotel instead of a German one.
- Quotes
Axel Himmelman: [tries to walk on the sea and falls in]
Eyal: [sarcastically] Bravo. You did it.
Axel Himmelman: You don't understand. You can't just come to the Sea of Galilee and start walking on water. If you could, everybody would be doing it. You need to prepare yourself.
Eyal: And how would you do that? Please enlighten me.
Axel Himmelman: Well, you need to completely purify yourself. Your heart needs to be like it's clean from the inside: no negativity, no bad thoughts.
Eyal: And then?
Axel Himmelman: And then you can walk on water. I'm sure of it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 2005 Glitter Awards (2005)
- SoundtracksCinderella-Rockefella
Written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames
Performed by Esther Ofarim and Abi Ofarim
The representation of German culture was quite accurate: young Germans cannot identify with their grandparents' experiences during the second world war.
What started out as a very promising film became a bit too stereotyped in the end: while there has be a rise in neo-Naziism in Germany, attacks in the subway are rare (especially in cosmopolitan cities like Berlin); having a German grandfather who lived in exile in Argentina is also fairly atypical - more realistic would have been a grandfather who could not understand/identify with the youth or who completely agreed with the youth and struggled with his own past.
The use of language throughout the film is very realistic and the English text is direct and simplistic. The characters can be forgiven for their language abilities since English is their second language. However, the simplicity and moralistic tone are a bit patronizing for an English-speaking audience.
Walk on Water is an entertaining movie that will encourage you to consider conflicts from a variety of viewpoints.
- lara_jensen
- Sep 10, 2004
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Caminar sobre las aguas
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,713,932
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,465
- Mar 6, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $4,444,265
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1