Bye Bye America

Overview

The mis-adventures of three Polish-Jews on the road to Gdansk is the basis for this German comedy that was filmed in New York, Germany, and Poland. Genovefa and Moshe have been married and living in New York for 30 years. Physically the couple resembles Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat. The two have decided to return to Poland for a visit. They intend to have Moshe's best friend Isaac, an unlucky, depressive German, take care of their house while they are gone. Unfortunately, Isaac loses his job before they go and ends up accompanying them on a Polish freighter. When the ship dies in a German port, the threesome must go overland to Gdansk. They encounter many mishaps along the way.

Directed by Jan Schütte

Top cast

C

Christa Berndl

Zofia Steinmann

O

Otto Tausig

Isaak Aufrichtig

G

George Tabori

Ziffer

Josh Mostel

Abe

Aleksander Bardini

Pastor Ladislaus

Y

Ya'ackov Bodo

Moshe Lustgarten

Jeffrey Feingold

Irish musician

M

Manny Jacobowitz

Schmuel

Jessie Keosian

Seller from the bag shop

J

James Lally

Portier

I

Irving Lanchart

Seller from the bag shop

B

Ben Lang

Perlmutter

Zofia Merle

Genovefa Lustgarten

Igor Michalski

Reedere langestellter

Wojciech Namiotko

Gehilfen

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Mahatma

W

Weronika Pawłowska

Josh Kornbluth

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