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Bye-Bye Bavaria!

1978 · 84 min

A dry, eccentric provocation that drifts between deadpan comedy and quiet alienation, testing your patience as often as it rewards it.

Overview
A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudenesses of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to die there.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • art
  • rebellion
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Herbert Achternbusch
Written by
Herbert Achternbusch
Starring
Herbert Achternbusch, Annamirl Bierbichler, Josef Bierbichler, Heinz Braun, Barbara Gass, Karolina Herbig, Gunter Freyse, Gerda Achternbusch
Cinematography
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Runtime
84 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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