The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

94 mins | Comedy | July 5, 2018

The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly falls in love with the non-Jewish girl Laura, a so-called Shiksa.

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

94 mins | Comedy | July 5, 2018

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly falls in love with the non-Jewish girl Laura, a so-called Shiksa.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Turnus Film, SRG SSR, DCM Pictures, Teleclub, SRF
Original title Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse
Directors Michael Steiner
Writers Thomas Meyer

Cast

Noémie Schmidt

as Laura

Joel Basman

as Motti

Sunnyi Melles

as Mrs. Silberzweig

Udo Samel

as Tate Moishe Wolkenbruch

Inge Maux

as Mame Judith Wolkenbruch

Alexander Seibt

as Lecturer

Oriana Schrage

as Dana Wolkenbruch

Philippe Graber

as Optician

Kamil Krejčí

as Schmulik

Lena Kalisch

as Michèle Blattgrün

Rachel Braunschweig

as Mrs. Süsskind

Meytal Gal

as Jael

Eli Gorenstein

as Rabbi Jonathan

Idit Teperson

as Malka, Rabbi's wife

Andreas Pegler

as Sternlicht, opticien

Michael Rutman

as Mr. Bernstein

Aaron Arens

as Yossi

Shelley Kästner

as Mrs. Freudenberg

Joey Zimmermann

as Mr. Süsskind

Friederike Frerichs

as Bube Wolkenbruch

Ray Baer

as Mrs. Bernstein

Kaspar Weiss

as Paramedic

Judith Goldberg

as Ruth Wolkenbruch

Yotam Korem

as Esoteric

Siegmund Tischendorf

as Audi driver

Michael von Burg

as Schlote Wolkenbruch

Eylon Kindler

as Rabbi Wolf

Lea Whitcher

as Bracha Freudenberg

Oliver Rickenbacher

as David Wolkenbruch

Thomas Meyer

as Jitzhak Satyananda

Brenna Larsen

as Bracha (english voice)

Kay Kysela

as Wanda's boyfriend (uncredited)

Anina Mutter

as Nurse (uncredited)

Tatjana Ochsner

as Student (uncredited)

Jessica Oswald

as Wanda (uncredited)

Zoe Simijonovic

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Thomas Städeli

as Doctor on maternity ward (uncredited)

Klemens Niklaus Trenkle

as Jewish man (uncredited)