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Plot: 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.
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Some Bumps in the Road But Overall an Engaging Film
It’s 1946 and post-war Frankfurt, Germany is in shambles, with hundreds of thousands of Jews and other survivors of the Holocaust living in U.S. Displaced Persons Camps, waiting to get licenses to come to Palestine or America.One such person is David Bermann, whose entire family was wiped out in the concentration camps, and who now is focused on gathering together other survivors to make enough money in a small linen business so they can successfully afford to emigrate. However, he’s also under investigation by a U.S. Special Agent, portrayed by the striking German actress Antje Traue, for being a possible Nazi collaborator.
This movie, for the most part, deftly combines humor, tragedy, camaraderie, and survivors guilt, into what I thought was quite an original presentation. However, not everything works, questions remain unanswered, and the film, at times, seems to lose its dramatic effect.
Overall, though, I still found the movie to be mostly interesting and engaging despite its drawbacks.
Truth-telling
It is unfortunate that the English title is crass by comparison to the loaded meaning in the original German.“Once upon a time” is an introduction to a story and to story telling and this is film is rich in the varieties of tales and the truths of stories. It’s not quite ‘Rashomon’ but it does engage similar themes.
The film is well made and excellently acted with a high quality script; it offers the actors strong material and lots of shades of intention. The story takes a different angle to post war chaos and the desire for a new life after the destruction, all the while in the shadow of the ruins and the memories of those that perished.
The flow of the film keeps the attention as it bends and reveals more about the characters. The humor is mordant and expresses how people deflect pain through jokes. The leads could not be better.
It deserves attention and rewards the viewer’s time.
Original Language de
Runtime 1 hr 42 min (102 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Comedy, Drama, War
Director Sam Garbarski
Writer Michel Bergmann, Sam Garbarski
Actors Moritz Bleibtreu, Antje Traue, Tim Seyfi
Country Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Awards 3 wins & 4 nominations
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Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory CineLab-brussels / Belgium (post-production laboratory)
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Printed Film Format DCP