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Good Bye, Lenin!
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
2003 · Directed by Wolfgang Becker · 121 min · Comedy · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg, Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloegten
- Cinematography: Martin Kukula
- Edited by: Peter R. Adam
- Music: Yann Tiersen
- Production design: Lothar Holler
- Produced by: Stefan Arndt, Katja De Bock, Andreas Schreitmüller, Manuela Stehr
Cast
- Daniel Brühl as Alex
- Katrin Sass as Mother
- Chulpan Khamatova as Lara
- Maria Simon as Ariane
- Florian Lukas as Denis
- Alexander Beyer as Rainer
- Burghart Klaußner as Alex's Father
- Michael Gwisdek as Klapprath
- Christine Schorn as Ms. Schäfer
- Jürgen Holtz as Mr. Ganske
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: German
- Studios: WDR, X Filme Creative Pool, ARTE
- Budget: $4,800,000
- Box office: $79,384,880
- Themes: husband wife relationship, coma, bureaucracy, police state, berlin wall, loss of loved one, german democratic republic, socialism, single
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