He quickly gains media attention, but while germany finds him hilarious and charming. I first came across the german novel look who s back when doing some research online for a paper i was writing on the history of satire. Definitely, look whos back it is an interesting and necessary film that features an excellent work of oliver masucci as hitler, but it also becomes a little scattered as it progresses by its. By the time the film adaptation quietly snuck onto netflix on april 9th after. In 2014, adolf hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in berlin, with no memory of anything that happened after 1945. The biggest surprise of the year in germany, however, was another german comedy. Brilliant premise, i had to watch it immediately after reading the synopsis that never happens. Dec 20, 2015 the premise of look whos back is that, in 2014, hitler comes back to lifebut he seems so out of place that ordinary germans assume hes a kooky comedian instead of a brutal dictator. Look whos back is a movie starring oliver masucci, thomas m. Oct 23, 2015 thats a question that look whos back, a recently released film based on timur vermess bestselling 2012 novel of the same name, seeks to answer. Adolf hitler awakens in the 21st century in a berlin backyard and finds. He said the films main aim was to make people laugh. Fortunately it played in our local cinema, so i went, on a rainy afternoon.
Look whos back er ist wieder da, the film by german director david wnendt, was released and distributed by constantin film in 2015. Aug 15, 2016 look whos back, its funny, its entertaining and it has an important message. Lars rudolph, thomas thieme, oliver masucci, thomas m. David wnendts adaptation of the bestselling satirical novel by timur vermes could have been a disaster. Er ist wieder da teaser trailer 1 5 english subtitles constantin. Germans have been laughing out loud about a hitler film for a while, but. While germany finds him hilarious and charming, he makes some serious observations about society. After getting his bearings he is discovered by an unemployed tv producer, fabian sawatzki. Oliver masucci, fabian busch, christoph maria herbst. Look whos back 2015 yify download movie torrent yts. Watch look whos back english subtitles at adolf hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in berlin, with no knowledge of anything that happened after 1945.
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Download look who s back yts yify movies torrents download. The frisson of reading look who s back comes from its seamless transition from borscht belt oneliners to disturbing invocations of the legacies of nazi rule. How a german comedy about hitler predicted donald trump. Look whos back is a film directed by david wnendt and starring oliver masucci, fabian busch, christoph maria herbst. May 26, 2016 look whos back ends with footage of masucci riding in the back seat of an open sedan as some people run after him yelling furious epithets, while others offer the nazi salute. Netflix releases look whos back, a mockumentary based on the. Look whos back 2015 full movie download full hd youtube. Look whos back is a 2015 german satirical comedy film directed by david wnendt, and based on the bestselling satirical novel of the same name about adolf. Sawatzki thinks hitler is some sort of performance artist and takes him around the country, talking to the general population, for a tv piece he has envisaged. Look whos back feels like a madefortv film that somehow got an official release in cinemas. Look whos back 2015 tvma 1h 56m international comedies when adolf hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker 70 years later, hes mistaken for a brilliant comedian and becomes a media phenomenon.
As the movie progresses the viewer is taken on a cross country journey with hitler as he tries to rebuild. That crazytown hitler comedy is now on netflix check out look whos back by kayla cobb apr 9, 2016 263 shares the craziest hitler comedy just made its way to netflix. Watch look who s back adolf hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in berlin, with no knowledge of anything that happened after 1945. Look whos back er ist wieder da bluray edition never released in the us. It is inconceivable that the perplexing, didactic, and often very funny german film look whos back er ist wieder danow streaming on. He s back again is a 2015 german dramatic comedy film dom com in which adolf hitler wakes up in the 21st century and quickly gains media attention. As the movie goes on we see a lot of footage of ordinary germans saluting hitler. Look who s back is a very funny movie that shows that germans indeed do have a sense of humour. Find out where look whos back is streaming, if look whos back is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. There was a lack of direction, as it tried to balance being a political satire, a representation of the real world, and just being a story about adolf hitler waking up in 2014.
Look whos back er ist wieder da 2015 rotten tomatoes. Download look whos back yts yify movies torrents download. While germany finds him hilarious and charming, he. Homeless and destitute, he interprets everything he sees in 2011 from a nazi perspective for instance, he assumes that turks in germany are an indicator of karl donitz having persuaded turkey to join the axis, and thinks that wikipedia is named for wikinger and although. The largely positive reaction to hitler may remind some of. Look whos back the german title is er ist wieder da is adapted. The premise of look whos back is that, in 2014, hitler comes back to lifebut he seems so out of place that ordinary germans assume hes a kooky comedian instead of a brutal dictator. Based on the sametitled satirical novel by timur vermes, it imagines what would happen if the dictator woke up and found himself in contemporary berlin. An independent best books of the year selection a new york times summer reading pick you know his name. Based on the bestselling novel er ist wieder da released in 2012, also known in english as look who s back, the film tackles the sensitive subject of making fun of hitler. Of course everyone believes that he is an actor one who disturbingly never steps out of character.
Definitely, look whos back it is an interesting and necessary film that. Aug 24, 2017 look whos back er ist wieder da, the film by german director david wnendt, was released and distributed by constantin film in 2015. Anakins thoughts while being burned on mustafar and turning into darth vader star wars explained duration. David wnendts adaptation of the bestselling satirical novel by. Adolf hitler is alive, well and hoping to make germany great again in look whos back er ist wieder da, the new film from german iconoclast director david wnendt wetlands, combat girls. Sawatzki thinks hitler is some sort of performance artist and takes him around the country, talking to the. The film has attracted a fairly high number of moviegoers in germany itself. When vermes wrote the book, trump was still a reality television star.
Vermes has created an ingenious comedy of errors in which the jokes. Vermes gives us a bracingly doublesided hitlerthe arresting public speaker and astute negotiator who loves dogs and small children, and also the fanatical champion of political. Look who s back 2015 tvma 1h 56m international comedies when adolf hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker 70 years later, he s mistaken for a brilliant comedian and becomes a media phenomenon. Hitler comedy look whos back becomes germanys no 1 movie. Imagine a film made guerillastyle like boratbut with a guy dressed up like hitler walking about modern day germany. You know his hair and mustache, which are caricatured with sharp, witty minimalism on the cover of look whos back, in which a baffled adolf hitler is returned to the even more baffled german people. Look whos back does it via the premise that adolf hitler returns to modern day germany. Look whos back er ist wieder da hitler the artist sketches germans. David wnendt wetlands directs this adaptation of the bestselling book by timur vermes, which sees adolf hitler wake up in presentday berlin. Thats why the look whos back novel received international attention and an english translation, and thats why the look whos back movie takes on a more universal bent. Koppl, marcmarvin israel, david gebigke, paul busche, fabian busch, gerdy zint, nancy maria bruning, david wnendt, look whos back 2015 er ist wieder da look who is back, look whos back 2015, er ist wieder da, look who is back, david wnendt, lars rudolph, thomas thieme.
The netflix movie look whos back is like ali g but with. Look whos back from director david wnendt is a comedy but if you pay close attention to it, you will find it hard to laugh because the prevailing issues of our society is touched upon through laughter which, trust me, wont be easy to digest quickly. The premise really intrigued me, but i had no idea that it had already or at least was in the process at the time been adapted to the screen. Rare german import, all regions bluray playable on all us bluray players ships from new york, usa this is a german imported bluray it was never released in the us. May, 2016 the movie was a sleeper success in germany, and the sensation it and the novel caused has quite a bit to do with how uncommon it is for german audiences to see the nazi era in a comic context. Hes back is a 2015 german comedy film directed by david wnendt, based on the bestselling satirical novel of the same name about adolf hitler by timur vermes. You know his hair and mustache, which are caricatured with sharp, witty minimalism on the cover of look whos. In germany, a hitler comedy was long thought a taboo subject. Mistaken for an exceptionally realistic method actor, the unfiltered dictator becomes a media sensation. In 2012, writer timur vermes published look whos back, perhaps germanys most provocative and popular novel in recent memory.
Look whos back, its funny, its entertaining and it has an. The satirical film look whos back er ist wieder da, based on the novel of the same title by timur vermes, has been seen by over two million people, making it one of the most watched in. The audience knows that he cannot as he actually is hitler. The frisson of reading look whos back comes from its seamless transition from borscht belt oneliners to disturbing invocations of the legacies of nazi rule. Look whos back is a very funny movie that shows that germans indeed do have a sense of humour. A man from the past finds himself inexplicably transported to the presentday.
There were three other people there, one of whom was an elderly lady with her grandson, discussing loudly how they were going to make it credible how hitler got back to present day. Oct 27, 2015 look whos back is the second homegrown hit this year for germanys constantin film, which also released suck me shakespeer 2, a comedy that has made over. Hes back again is a 2015 german dramatic comedy film dom com in which adolf hitler wakes up in the 21st century and quickly gains media attention. If you like look whos back you are looking for satirical, twist ending and realistic movies about with hitler, time traveler, politics, adaptation, fascism, morality and brainwashing themes of comedy, drama and fantasy genre shot in germany. Constantin film is going undercover for look whos back, its bigscreen adaptation of timur vermes bestselling novel that imagines the. Much of the film is humorous as hitler tries to reestablish himself as the fuhrer and. Er ist wieder da teaser trailer 1 5 english subtitles constantin film. Well, you dont really need to imagine too much as some crazy filmmakers have done that with the film look who s back yes, a film crew follows oliver masucci as he impersonates hitler and plays it 100% straight. With daily news, interviews, data bases, indepth investigations into the audiovisual industry, cineuropa aims at promoting the european film industry throughout the world. The novel was adapted into a german movie of the same name, which was released in 2015. He quickly gains media attention, but while germany finds him hilarious and charming, hitler makes some serious observations about society. Look who s back yify subtitles download, yts subtitles look who s back in any format. Look whos back is an amazing german movie that takes a rather oldfashioned sciencefiction premise and gives it a new twist.
Oliver masucci went out as adolf hitler in public as part of the films guerillastyle scenes. Adolf hitler has somehow emerged in presentday berlin, alive and goosestepping. Back in 2012, germany and the eu were not yet fully embroiled in todays massive isissparked refugee crisis. Cineuropa is the first european portal dedicated to cinema and audiovisual in 4 languages. Hitler wakes up in 2014 at the exact spot where he supposedly shot himself in his bunker, now a quiet residential area in berlin. Look whos back yify subtitles download, yts subtitles look whos back in any format. Definitely, look who s back it is an interesting and necessary film that features an excellent work of oliver masucci as hitler, but it also becomes a little scattered as it progresses by its. Apr 27, 2015 thered be no need to discuss the acceptability of laughter if look whos back werent desperately funny. When adolf hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker 70 years later, hes mistaken for a brilliant comedian and becomes a media phenomenon. Look whos back, a comedy about the return of hitler, has become an unlikely hit in germany, heading to the top of the box office chart in its third week of release. While this message is not quite on the mark as the humour, it still left a strong impression on me.
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