2018
Film Movement
1 h 42 m

2018
Film Movement
1 h 42 m

Summary David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.

Directed By: Sam Garbarski

Written By: Michel Bergmann, Sam Garbarski

2018
Film Movement
1 h 42 m

2018
Film Movement
1 h 42 m

Bye Bye Germany

Name: Bye Bye Germany
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 2018-04-13
Duration: 1 min 42 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Antje Traue, Tim Seyfi, Mark Ivanir, Anatole Taubman

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Sam Garbarski

Written By: Michel Bergmann, Sam Garbarski

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

86% Positive
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Movie Nation

Apr 6, 2020

Bye Bye Germany makes for a sly, smart, funny and still touching peek into that horrid past, a dramedy with pathos and a reminder that “L’chaim, to life” is the best way to remember it — with a toast to life. In the end, that’s the best revenge of all.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

May 2, 2018

A formidable exercise in storytelling. Even at the end, when the inevitable goodbye toast occurs, there is a twist awaiting us.

By David Lewis FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Apr 25, 2018

The story digs deep enough that the cheese Garbarski lays on at the end feels well-earned. It’s a charmingly made film.

By Karen Han FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Apr 13, 2018

A little too jaunty and picaresque at times, Bye Bye Germany is nevertheless, when it hits its stride, an entertaining, watchable take on the oppressed-minority-comeback genre (“We’re the Jewish revenge”, as one of the salesmen bitterly quips), shadowed at every turn by an unspeakable horror.

By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Apr 13, 2018

Bye Bye Germany is a deeply felt yet unsentimental, often wry look at a group of Jewish friends — all Nazi-era survivors — who, in 1946 Frankfurt, unite to sell high-end linens to raise the funds to emigrate to America. Not your typical Holocaust-inspired drama.

By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 13, 2018

Ultimately, even if some secondary characters and plotlines are underserved, the strength of the story and the emotional range of the experiences depicted prevail.

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Variety

Apr 13, 2018

There’s a storybook complacency to Garbarski’s filmmaking (indeed the literal translation of the German title is “Once Upon a Time in Germany”) that gives us the impression that all this is snow-globe history, put away behind glass on a shelf somewhere.

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Samsa Film, IGC Films, Entre Chien et Loup, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Eurimages, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Luxembourg Film Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Philophon, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Screen Brussels, Wallimage

Release Date Apr 13, 2018

Duration 1 h 42 m

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Awards

Magritte Awards, Belgium

• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

Norwegian International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

RiverRun International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Moritz Bleibtreu

David Bermann

Antje Traue

Special Agent Sara Simon

Tim Seyfi

Fajnbrot

Mark Ivanir

Holzmann

Anatole Taubman

Fränkel

Hans Löw

Verständig

Pál Mácsai

Szoros

Václav Jakoubek

Krautberg

Jeanne Werner

Elsa

Jean-Marc André

SS officer

Jale Arikan

Banu

Joachim Paul Assböck

Kleinschmitt

Joel Basman

Lubliner

Jeff Burrell

Officer

Harvey Friedman

Joseph Goebbels

Claude Garbarski

Le photographe

Tania Garbarski

Frau Sonia

Éric Gigout

Jüdischer Gefangener

Heike Hanold-Lynch

Gerda Schütz

Fabienne Elaine Hollwege

Frau Geder

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