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  Review by Allison M. 🌱 ★★★½ 3

  The film focuses on one character in particular: David Bermann, a person of Jewish descent who uses his humor to get him through the Holocaust. But what saved him could also get into trouble. A lot of reviews I've skimmed complain that there are too many characters. There are a ton, but it doesn't get bogged down or diluted. My viewing was actually quite nice.

  With our English subtitles, some words, assumedly in Yiddish didn't get translated. Based on the context, most of them were easy to understand. Some were not, though.

  Vegan alert:
  There is a dog that is missing a leg. A man jokes that he would take another leg off the dog.

  This is the 196th film I've seen using Movie Pass.

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  Review by karen h. ★★★★½

  i'm sorry but you can't show me a wwii movie and expect me NOT to love it

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  Review by coffeekermit07 ★★★

  Ein Film, der nicht ganz weiß, was er sein will, ob Drama oder Komödie. Interessanterweise funktioniert er auch als Tragikomödie irgendwie nicht so richtig. Da hilft auch die aufgesetzte Liebesgeschichte nicht wirklich weiter. Schade, denn gut gespielt und ausgestattet ist er.

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  Review by Kayla ★★★

  An excellent achiever of showcasing how Jews, specially German Jews, grappled with surviving and living after The Holocaust. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like to live and see Nazis and Nazi sympathizers on your everyday streets and facing down the enemy after the war, but Bye Bye Germany makes that feeling so tangible and so palpable. It also poses an interesting dilemma of wanting to leave or remain in the place that was the source of your immeasurable suffering. That’s what it does well, but as a film, it’s just okay. The pacing is off, as certain events happen way too late and quick without payoff, and the ending is a bit abrupt and lackluster. Same beats and scenes occur over and over again, and the events just feel a bit disjointed. Regardless, Bye Bye Germany is a solid Holocaust film that’s focused on the past, present, and future

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  Review by UltimateMovieRankings ★★★★

  This one really surprised me. Takes place after the end of World War 2. Holocaust survivors are sent back to Germany, where they are trying to earn enough movie to move to America. The hero of the movie, decides to use "German guilt" to sell bed sheets. Movie has some fun moments as well as a being a tribute to the survivors of the Holocaust. The flashback scenes are very powerful. In the end...I really enjoyed this movie.

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  Review by dan p ★★★½

  funny and very sad

  featuring one of the best dog actors I've ever seen

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  Review by Eren Odabasi ★½

  Like a sentimental TV drama with too many subplots (including a rushed, silly romance), blandly shot in interior sets most of the time.

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  Review by Pavlogreen

  Haberme quedado dormido en algún momento no ayuda a hacer la mejor reseña, pero si la hubiese visto del todo diría que es una película decente, entretenida y hasta cierto punto entrañable y no exenta de melancolía, a pesar de su vocación humorística. La dirección me puso un poco nervioso con sus bandazos de cámara y su montaje apresurado. No sé si eso es falta de estilo o estilo en sí mismo. En general es una película pasable, que no llega a emocionar, pero mantiene el tipo y deja buenos momentos.

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  Review by Innisfree ★★½

  Bastante indiferente hacia lo que nos cuenta esta película. No sabe establecer su tono del todo. Cuando apunta hacia la comedia, gira repentinamente hacia el drama, y viceversa, sin un patrón verdaderamente definido. Parece no decidirse sobre lo que quiere ser. El resto tampoco excede en calidad. Hay algunos elementos enterrados por ahí que podrían explorarse (el momento en el que David se queja de un Dios que no ha hecho nada para evitar la tragefia del Holocausto estaría ahí), pero pasan por encima como si nada. Material desaprovechado.

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  Review by jdwrudy25 ★★★½

  I initially thought this was going to play out like a post-Holocaust Ocean's 11, but it then became a dryly-comedic drama about abandoning roots pursuing the American dream in a recently post-WWII world. It was interesting to watch because it felt like a different kind of movie from a Jewish perspective of WWII, presenting an image of success amongst the sorrow and regret. Also, there's an extremely wonderful three-legged dog.

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  Review by Shelly ★★★★

  Bye Bye Germany is a film directed by Sam Garbarski that follows a group of Holocaust survivors living in an American displacement camp in 1946 Germany that has their heart set on immigrating to the United States.  In order to do this they need to raise as much money as possible, and they use the connections of their ad-hoc leader David Bermann (Moritz Bleibtreu - "Manni" from Run Lola Run) a former successful store owner, to sell high end linens door to door.  The group concoct a number of schemes to do this, including targeting households with recently deceased family members and claiming they had put down a deposit before passing away.

  Those moments are enjoyable enough, especially because the…

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  Review by Harrison Gale ★★★★★

  Had to watch it again for work but I forgot to log it before I saw Ninja Terminator. I just want you all to know the truth