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Es war einmal in Deutschland... (2017)
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Director:
Sam Garbarski |
INTERNATIONAL TITLE
Bye
Bye Germany |
COUNTRY
Germany/Luxembourg/
Belgium |
GENRE
Drama/Comedy/War |
RUNNING
TIME
102 minutes |
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Producer:
Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
Sébastien Delloye
Jani Thiltges |
Screenwriter:
Michel Bergmann
Sam Garbarski |
Review
This
tale about surviving Jews of the WWII and their struggles to make a
new life in and/or leave a war-ridden Germany was written and
directed by veteran filmmaker Sam Garbarski. With brilliant set
design, the film recreates post-WWII Germany vividly, and lead actor
Moritz Bleibtreu carries the film steadily with a solid performance,
surrounded by a number of more or less fully-drawn supporting
characters. The film has warmth, heart and a few moments of
poignancy as the horrors of the war is touched upon in flashbacks.
Garbarski cannot at all times hide the fact that the central plot
line of his story is a construction, but he covers it up with small
doses of slight, welcomed comedy.
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