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Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Coming Out at 13 February 2003 in theaters.

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Good Bye Lenin! is tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany; the mother (Saß) is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the November revolution. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son (Brühl) attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism.

Most scenes were shot at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz. Good Bye, Lenin! received numerous honours, including 2003’s European Film Award for Best Film and German Film Award for Best Feature Film.

The film is set in East Berlin, from October 1989 to just after German reunification a year later.

Alex Kerner lives with his mother Christiane, his sister Ariane, and her infant daughter Paula. Alex’s father purportedly abandoned the family for a mistress in the West in 1978. His mother joined the Socialist Unity Party and devotes her time to advocating for citizens. While Christiane believes socialism can improve Germany and the world, her children are cynical. Alex is disgusted with the celebration of East Germany’s 40th anniversary and participates in an anti-government demonstration. There he meets a girl but they are separated by the Volkspolizei before they can introduce themselves.

Director: Wolfgang Becker

Writers: Bernd Lichtenberg, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Chris Silber

Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon

Cast:

Daniel BrühlAlex
Katrin SaßMutter
Chulpan KhamatovaLara
Maria SimonAriane
Florian LukasDenis
Alexander BeyerRainer
Burghart KlaußnerAlex’ Vater
Michael GwisdekKlapprath
Christine SchornFrau Schäfer
Jürgen HoltzHerr Ganske
Jochen SternHerr Mehlert
Stefan WalzSigmund Jähn
Eberhard KirchbergDr. Wagner
Hans-Uwe BauerDr. Mewes
Nico LedermuellerAlex – 11 Jahre
Jelena KratzAriane – 13 Jahre
Laureen HatscherBaby Paula – 1 Jahr
Felicitas HatscherBaby Paula – 1 Jahr
Martin BrambachStasi 1
Michael GerberStasi 2
Robert StörrFunktionär Ordensverleihung
Philipp KupferBaby Paula – 3 Monate
Ernst-Georg SchwillTaxifahrer
Rainer WernerStasi in Jeansjacke
Marc BischoffJunger Stationsarzt
Horst-Dieter StorkGrenzer 1
Hartmut KuleyNVA-Offizier
Peter Kurth‘X-TV’ Chef
Ditmar BiesekeGrenzer 2
Arndt Schwering-SohnreyFahrer Krankenwagen
Dirk PrinzBeifahrer
Jürgen VogelDas Küken
Elke WernerVerkäuferin HO-Markt
Regina ZiebachGurkenfrau
Wolfgang SteinGurkenmann
Mennan YapoFlohmarktverkäufer
Maximilian BrunowPionier Sascha
Bojan HeynPionier Niko
Fritz RothPförtner Coca-Cola
Armin DillenbergerBankangestellter
Denys DarahanPionier Christian
Bastian LangPionier Frank
Lothar SchlichtharDicker Mann am Pool
Alexander ReedWuppertaler
Ute MichelFrauenärztin
Svea TimanderVaters neue Frau
Hanna SchwambornCarla
Rafael HübnerThomas
Michael BergePartyredner
Rey Agana
Marcel Bellin
Aandrea Bork
Angelo Bossert
Christiane Brauer
Igor-Immanuel Bruckhaus
Mimmo Catania
Toni Filler
Meike Frerichs
Marc Geiselhart
Charline Gülle
Leonore Haberkorn
Bjoern Heinrich
Torsten Heyroth
Jasmin Hoffmann
Clemens Holzendorff
Susann Hotze
Wasin Jung
André Kindzorra
Dieter Kraft
Jörn Itzeck
Simone Kruse
Kai-Quin Liang
Fred Luck
Karoline Metzig
Utz Neumann
Christoph Olonczik
Marakorn Praphawat
Pham Quang
Sebastian Raehse
Michelle Reed
Jacqueline Schachmann
Angelika Schmegg
Wolfgang Schreiber
Florian Seiffge
Michael Stübing
Christian Trautsch
Adrian Wolff
Andreas ThieckSFB-Nachrichtensprecher (voice)

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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