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Il est de retour

Original title: Er ist wieder da
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 56m
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7.0/10
52K
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Oliver Masucci in Il est de retour (2015)
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Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.

  • Director
    • David Wnendt
  • Writers
    • David Wnendt
    • Mizzi Meyer
    • Timur Vermes
  • Stars
    • Oliver Masucci
    • Thomas M. Köppl
    • Marc-Marvin Israel
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    • Director
      • David Wnendt
    • Writers
      • David Wnendt
      • Mizzi Meyer
      • Timur Vermes
    • Stars
      • Oliver Masucci
      • Thomas M. Köppl
      • Marc-Marvin Israel
    • 148User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Oliver Masucci
    Oliver Masucci
    • Adolf Hitler
    Thomas M. Köppl
    • Benimmcoach
    Marc-Marvin Israel
    • Fußballjunge
    David Gebigke
    • Fußballjunge
    Paul Busche
    • Fußballjunge
    Fabian Busch
    Fabian Busch
    • Fabian Sawatzki
    Gerdy Zint
    • Pantomime
    Nancy Maria Brüning
    • Mutter mit Kinderwagen
    Lars Rudolph
    Lars Rudolph
    • Kioskbesitzer
    Franziska Wulf
    Franziska Wulf
    • Franziska Krömeier
    Christoph Maria Herbst
    Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Christoph Sensenbrink
    Thomas Thieme
    • Senderchef Kärrner
    Katja Riemann
    Katja Riemann
    • Katja Bellini
    Michael Ostrowski
    Michael Ostrowski
    • Rico Mancello
    Christoph Zrenner
    • Gerhard Lummlich
    Nina Beesk
    • Redakteurin my TV
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    Michael Grenzau
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    • Director
      • David Wnendt
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      • David Wnendt
      • Mizzi Meyer
      • Timur Vermes
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    8empty-bin

    This isn't about Hitler...

    ...And that's why it was so scary.

    This is a thriller. The premise is Hitler has some how come through time and believes fate has brought him here to clean house (again). However, the film was actually using this metaphor to describe the coming of the next Führer if we're not careful. If we let down our guard we absolutely WILL see the rise of the next Adolf Hitler.

    The character of Hitler spoke the truth, mostly. His rhetoric cut to the heart of today's problems. It was a German production so, obviously, he spoke directly to German issues but again, Germany was just the stage and Hitler the puppet. The puppeteers were revealing a global truth wrapped in a local narrative.

    Recall the time Angela Merkel, today's German Chancellor, called G.W. Bush on 9/11 and the subsequent "War on Terror" saying something to the effect of, "We've seen this before...!" THIS is what the movie is getting at.

    This film is filled with amazing though often chilling street interviews featuring Hitler interrogating work-a-day people. Many of the younger of these people so open to the apparent humor or irony were embracing him, taking "Hitler selfies" - other older spectators and interviewees apparently LONGED for someone to take the reins and whip (Germany) into shape, getting rid of "suspicious-looking, bearded Salafists", etc. And these were not actors. The film was illustrating for you how Hitler rose to power the first time and how easily and quickly it could happen again.

    This was a beautifully done movie. I have the book as well and I prefer the movie.
    9donb-519-335075

    Brilliant, funny, but very scary

    How to make a comedy out of very tragic events and characters? Adrian Brody did it in "Life Is Beautiful" about life in a concentration camp. "Look Who's Back" does it via the premise that Adolf Hitler returns to modern day Germany. Of course everyone believes that he is an actor - one who disturbingly never steps out of character. The audience knows that he cannot - as he actually is Hitler. Much of the film is humorous as Hitler tries to reestablish himself as "The Fuhrer" and tries to understand and cope with modern day technology and attitudes.

    Oliver Masucci is brilliant as Hitler -playing the role so straight that he became very scary near the end. The brilliance of Hitler was aptly demonstrated as people began responding to the hate - filled rhetoric he employed on various television shows. In real life the industrialists supported Hitler because they were sure they could control him - they could not. The church supported him because they thought he would be useful to them and that they could control him - they could not. Finally the German Army threw in with him because they wanted to get rid of their rivals - Hitler's "brown shirt" Army - the Sturmabteilung (SA). He got rid of Strasser and Rohm and thousands of others as he dismantled the organization which carried him to power. But alas the Army also could not control him.

    In the movie, he becomes a media star because of viewership and ratings. We see glimpses of the audience saying like "I think I agree with him, and he makes a lot of sense." The TV moguls are building their careers on his outrageousness and resulting popularity.

    His grasp on people is creepy, insidious and feels quite realistic. This film shows you how riveting he could be - and gives you a glimpse into how he came to power.

    So, beyond laughs - the message clearly is that this could happen again. We must be aware of potential dictators in our midst. A few people in the movie saw that he really was Hitler - and they were discarded at the end of the movie.

    This movie is not a condemnation of Germany - past or present. Hitler in the movie postulates at the end of the film that we cannot get rid of him - because he is a part of us. I hope that is not true.
    8sergi_translate

    More impactful than expected

    I like movies that make me think. Er ist wieder da, was suggested to me as a comedy, and not being particularly fond of comedies, what I got was way more than expected.

    The movie treads a sensitive line with sufficient care, but what is most important to me, with plausibility. Even the few places where the script becomes "unreal", in general the coherence and treatment of the insertion of THE character in present society is preserved, and that is for me an enormous value in itself. The probing of current times by the use of this major historical character is remarkably able to become an exercise of philosophy and even introspection.

    In my opinion an extremely challenging script becomes here alive by his own merits, and the acting supports this substrate quite solidly.

    I laughed, and even if I today would better file it as a tragicomedy, For the sake of our times let's call it a comedy. And I very much hope, from the bottom of my heart that, in the next years to come we can continue to say, that it was so.
    10thomasldolman

    Current day Hitler

    The movie shows Hitler in a current day setting. Which at first is very humorous, but during the movie it turns from just funny into awkward and beyond. There are great scenes in which the movie refers to other movies about Hitler, like "Der Untergang", but also hilarious scenes in which the absurdity of a present day Hitler are just fun. The turn of the movie is subtle and fascinating. You only notice it after it has already happened, which to me reflects the real way this would occur. It even happens that at some point the audience questions its own laughter. This movie is fun to experience, but also confronting in the upcoming changes in political landscape.

    So watch out, it is not just a comedy!
    7tributarystu

    An Exercise in Challenging the Norm

    I was traveling in Berlin a year ago when I first saw someone reading the eponymous book on which this movie is based. It stuck in a corner of my mind, so as my travels brought me back to Berlin and posters were advertising "Er ist wieder da", I had to give it a go.

    The challenge, as with previous comedic movies themed around Hitler or the Nazi regime, is treading the line of reasonable taste and still being challenging enough to gain some relevance. One of the best known spoofs of the times, The Producers, uses it as a pivot to tell an engaging story about several memorable characters, so that works well. But here, there's little to pivot from, as Hitler, in realistic attire and demeanor, narrates his experience of present day Germany. So the twist, in part, is to make it a mockumentary in the spirit of Borat, see how people react to Hitler walking the streets and delivering his calculated critiques of the political system, the media - life in general. When it's not doing this, the film provides a decent dose of slapstick and irony to its more obviously scripted parts. Distinguishing one from the other is not really the key to enjoyment; the key lies in accepting this faithful representation of Hitler as a grotesquely humorous caricature of the symbolic power he holds over modern history in its most extreme moments. It was a bit harder than I thought it would be at the beginning, but one settles in well, after a while.

    Narratively, not much really happens, other than the fact that the protagonist pops up in Berlin and gets acquainted to what the world is like nowadays. To help him in this, a few support characters act as guides; none believe him to be "the real thing", but rather a comedian or a satirist. So, in a sense, it's not really a very ambitious film, because the degree to which it engages with the moral dimension of the situation is limited. But it is ambitious in that it tries to keep a straight face even through the more ghastly, touch-and-go moments one would relate to a Hitler movie. It is at its best when it does this, but then the occasional piece of slapstick hits you in the face are you're back into the reality of a mildly amusing film that people have only heard of because it is polemic.

    An important part in the whole thing coming together reasonably well is thanks to Oliver Masucci, who offers a strong performance to keep the "pots" in balance. Perhaps one could critique this in particular: the implication is that any piece of fiction told in the first person will make the viewer empathize with the character, hence humanizing the historical figure. But the historical figure itself is merely a representation of the man and "Er ist wieder da" tries to contextualize this - make away with what you know and imagine this were pre-1933. As mentioned, it doesn't go very deep with it and it would be quite problematic to do so. It's just a thought experiment which concludes in a slightly open and ambiguous fashion.

    To address the real question though: did I laugh? Yes, I did. Did I enjoy it? Yes, I did. The film managed to create an amusing environment which plays off the character of Hitler, without making it the other way around (all the time). As for the big picture, I might not agree that the world is, collectively, where it was seventy years ago, in spite of the troubles we are currently facing, especially in Europe. Or that we would make the same mistakes all over again. But that's another story of me visiting Berlin.

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    • Trivia
      Oliver Masucci went out as Adolf Hitler in public as part of the film's guerilla-style scenes. All reactions from the civilians were real, and Masucci improvised his dialogue.
    • Goofs
      Hitler is portrayed by 6'1 1/2 inch actor with brown eyes, Oliver Masucci. Adolf Hitler was only 5'8 and had intense blue eyes.
    • Quotes

      Adolf Hitler: Do I look like a criminal?

      Kioskbesitzer: You look like Adolf Hitler.

      Adolf Hitler: Exactly.

    • Crazy credits
      During the first closing credits news reports about racism in Europe are showed.
    • Connections
      Edited from Münchner Runde (1996)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Robby Poitevin

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 2019 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Constantin Film (Germany)
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    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Ha vuelto
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Mythos Film
      • Constantin Film
      • Claussen Wöbke Putz Filmproduktion
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    • Budget
      • €2,956,960 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $25,513,752
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 56m(116 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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