In the coming holiday season, it is good to remember that being Jewish is also funny - a program dedicated to humor in Jewish films.
An American Pickle
In the coming holiday season, it is good to remember that being Jewish is also funny - a program dedicated to humor in Jewish films.
Woody Allen's film takes place in the heydays of radio - the romantic days of the music of George Gershwin, Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra. The film's protagonist's family lives in the New York area of Rockaway Beach in the early days of World War II.
Sunday 23.02.25 | 23.02.25 10:00 | Cinematheque 1 | Cinematheque 1 |
Jaeckie Zucker is a compulsive gambler. After being kicked out by his wife, he receives a telegram from his long-lost brother announcing their mother's death. To receive the inheritance, the burial must be in Berlin's Jewish cemetery and the shiva at Jaeckie's home. An irreverent Jewish comedy.
Tuesday 12.11.24 | 12.11.24 16:00 | Cinematheque 1 | Cinematheque 1 |
Yvan feels persecuted. He fully believes that the French society is anti-Semitic. During a series of psychological session, he reveals what it feels like to be a Jew in France today, but he is also exposed to stories designed, through dark humor, to neutralize the most common anti-Semitic stereotypes.
Summer of 1963. Teenage "Baby" comes to spend the summer vacation with her Jewish family in the Catskills. While she is working on her dance skills, romance buds between her and her Goyishe dance instructor, Johnny.... A feast for the eyes and ears, with its unforgettable soundtrack and dance scenes.
Tevye, the pious milkman must marry off three of his six troublesome daughters. All the while, growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his small Jewish village. Based on Sholem Aleichem's famed stories, this is a heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, life, love, and laughter.
Life is a continuous struggle for 11-year-old Dawn Wiener, the middle child of a Jewish family in suburban New Jersey. Tortured and humiliated by her classmates, her home doesn't provide any comfort either. A funny, uneasy comedy about adolescence that reveals the undercurrent of American society.
In Mel Brooks’ first feature length film, a down-and-out producer schemes to stage the worst flop in Broadway history and accidentally makes a fortune in the process.