Look Who's Back (2015)

7.0Not Rated116 minDirector: David Wnendt

2015 German film directed by David Wnendt

Look Who's Back (German: Er ist wieder da, pronounced [ˈeːɐ̯ ʔɪst ˈviːdɐ daː]; transl. "He's back again") is a 2015 German satirical black comedy film directed by David Wnendt and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Timur Vermes. It is a work of political satire about former Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler waking up in the modern era, and his attempts to reintegrate with modern German society and politics.

The film features unscripted vignettes of Oliver Masucci as Adolf Hitler interacting with ordinary Germans, interspersed with scripted storyline sequences.

It was listed as one of eight films that could have been the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Look Who's Back about?
Look Who's Back (2015) — Adolf Hitler wakes up in Berlin...in 2014. After getting his bearings he is discovered by an unemployed TV producer, Fabian Sawatzki. 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 h
Is Look Who's Back based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Look Who's Back scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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