Es war einmal in Deutschland (Bye bye germany)
(B2) In post-war Berlin, David Bermann and some Jewish friends have only one desire: to live — Hitler is dead but we are alive,” David told his friends —; flee the country — They want to immigrate to America; get rich — to have enough money to live across the Atlantic.
They find a quick way to make money: sell household linen, double, triple, the real price (at best)... using all the tricks of home commerce: conviction, seduction, reduction ...
All is well until the American intelligence services get their hands on David (Moritz Bleibtreu), suspecting him of not having really told the whole truth, of not having been interned and of being in fact an agent of the Nazi regime. US agent Sara Simon (Antje Traue) grills him, pursing her lips not to give in to her client's seduction and not to laugh at her "client's" jokes.
"How did you get to the Sachsausen camp?"
— I arrived in a chauffeured limousine.
Biting humor marks this film, by Sam Garbarski, premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, Audience Award at the Haugesund Norwegian International Film Festival. We surf between the tragedy of the horror of the Nazi camps and the laughter of a band of merry wallet skimmers.
However, all the complexity of the time arises randomly from this interrogation that punctuates the film. The initial version is shaken by the facts brought by the American investigator, to the point that we have some doubts about the version of the main actor of the film.
(NGV)
Release: on the canvas in Belgium, soon in France
