Film Festival

The Zweiflers (Part One)

Date : Saturday, May 10, 2025

Duration : 2 hours 30 minutes

Symcha Zweifler (Mike Burstyn), the patriarch of a delicatessen empire, plans to sell his business but is unexpectedly confronted by his past in Frankfurt’s red-light district.

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The Zweiflers (Part One)

This program is proudly sponsored by the Embassy of Germany

The Sopranos, Mad Men, and The Bear all rolled into one. This fantastic dramatic comedy is set in a Jewish deli in Frankfurt Germany. Family patriarch Symcha Zweifler (Mike Burstyn) wants to sell his delicatessen empire when he is suddenly confronted with his past in Frankfurt’s red light district. Things get worse when Symcha’s grandson Samuel and his girlfriend Saba are expecting a son. A tragic-comic search for meaning in life begins. Between Frankfurt and Berlin, two cities as vibrant as New York can be, this contemporary tale of a Jewish family tells the story of the inheritance of the family delicatessen between three, soon to be four, generations of Zweiflers.

Led by an incredible ensemble cast, the series shows how the past of some and the future of others come to clash, for the greatest joy of the audience.

Winner, Best Series Award at the Cannes International Series Festival. The six-part series has been edited into two parts for the Festival.

Axel Dittmann, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Germany will introduce the film.

Join us at 6:30 PM for a pre-reception with the Embassy of Germany.

Dir. David Hadda | 2024 | Germany | 305 min
TV Narrative
German/English/Yiddish/Hebrew/Russian with English subtitles

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Axel Dittmann has served in the German Foreign Ministry for over twenty years, currently as Deputy Chief of Mission of the German Embassy in Washington DC. In this capacity he deals with all political issues of fundamental nature, manages the internal proceedings of the Embassy, and heads the Embassy in the Ambassador’s absence. His most recent postings include time as Director for Institutional Affairs and EU Coordination at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Berlin, where he oversaw the Brexit negotiation process. Prior to that he served as German Ambassador to Serbia for three years. Before joining the Foreign Ministry Mr. Dittmann worked briefly in consulting and studied economics in Bonn.