Back to Berlin

2018
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Back to Berlin is the first biker flick-meets-holocaust feature documentary. Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berli... Read allBack to Berlin is the first biker flick-meets-holocaust feature documentary. Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil. They will retrace the heroi... Read allBack to Berlin is the first biker flick-meets-holocaust feature documentary. Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil. They will retrace the heroic journeys of the original 1930s' Maccabiah riders and discover how they or their families... Read all

Directors
- Catherine Lurie
- Catherine Lurie-Alt
Writer
- Catherine Lurie
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

123

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Catherine Lurie
- Catherine Lurie-Alt
Writer
- Catherine Lurie
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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MRP-Ent

A Unique Journey

I love documentaries and this one is a unique journey and oftentimes moving film. In discussing the past, and addressing some terrible events, this doc sheds new light on a repeatedly discussed subject. A beautiful one to watch and definitely recommend.

8BigHarvey

Motorcycle Journey to the Past

This poignant documentary chronicles the contemporary 3000-mile motorcycle journey of eleven Israelis from Tel Aviv to Berlin. It mirrors the original 1930 motorcycle adventure of Jews navigating through a Europe that is being taken over by rising anti-Semitism and Nazi expansion. With each stop along the route, stories are told from different survivors or family members of survivors. Connections are made from the present to the past with sadness and history and hope. The parallel nature of the original historic journey intercut with the contemporary one is a chilling reminder of what many Jews endured yet the film seems to make a hopeful case for a more tolerant world moving forward.

9adrianjettleon

Back to Berlin should be required viewing

This documentary is powerful, heartbreaking and inspirational. It follows eleven bikers, who have personal ties to the Holocaust, on a journey retracing the path blazed by the Maccabiah riders during the early 1930's. Along the way, they visit heartrending mile markers throughout Europe. In Greece they sit in an actual Holocaust-era railway car during a hot day and later, in Poland, they tour the Auschwitz extermination camp. The personal recollections of the Holocaust told by some of the participants in the film are very painful, but necessary, to watch. The bikers themselves take the place of us documentary viewers at home by exploring, learning and asking questions of the survivors. I wholeheartedly recommend Back to Berlin; it is a fascinating, educational and emotional experience.

8stephenrutterford

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Dan Marom: We shed tears and he shed tears. It was really hard but he said Listen, it's better to come to Auschwitz by bike than by train. That says it all.