Jeckes - Die entfernten Verwandten

Jeckes - Distant Relatives

There are Germans. There are Jews. And there are those who are both: Jeckes - Jews of German origin. They came to Israel in the thirties or after the Holocaust. Having lost one home, they set out to build another.

Now, at the end of their lives, they can talk of being German, being Jewish, being Israeli and of simply being confused by the whole issue. Jeckes is not about what you might expect from a film about Germans and Jews - it is full of optimism and humor, an entertaining and moving encounter with seven gifted and charming storytellers. But the filmmakers are skating on thin ice - behind every great joke lies an equally great catastrophe.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH