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4 May 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

A low-budget German comedy about two Jewish brothers who were raised on opposite sides of the Berlin wall has become a surprise hit in the country and is the favorite to garner the most nominations for the German Film Awards, due to be announced on Monday. The film, Dani Levy's Go for Zucker!: An Unorthodox Comedy (Alles auf Zucker), is believed to be the first Jewish comedy produced in Germany since WWII, and received rave reviews. The German news weekly Der Spiegel commented: "The audience is not laughing at the Jews but together with them. This is definitely a step in the right direction." But Levy told the International Herald Tribune that it took him three years to raise the $2 million to make the film. "The mere mentioning of the words 'Jewish comedy' made people shy away," he said. The film has so far earned $5.2 million at the German box office.

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