Good Bye Lenin! (2002)
- Starring:
- Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Becker
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Foreign
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A dedicated young German boy pulls off an elaborate scheme to keep his mother in good health in this comedy drama from director Wolfgang Becker. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, Alex's (Daniel Brühl) socialist mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass), remains comatose through the fall of the Berlin wall and the German Democratic Republic. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal upon his mother's awakening, Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible. Keeping their apartment firmly rooted in the past, Alex's scheme works for a while, but it's not long before his mother is feeling better and ready to get up and around again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast:
- Daniel Brühl - Alex
- Chulpan Khamatova - Lara
- Florian Lukas - Denis
- Burghart Klaußner - Robert Kerner
- Jurgen Holtz - Ganske
- Stefan Walz - Sigmund Jahn
- Katrin Sass - Christiane Kerner
- Maria Simon - Ariane
- Alexander Beyer - Rainer
- Michael Gwisdek - Principal Dr. Klapprath
- Christine Schorn - Frau Schafer
- Jelena Kratz - Ariane at age 13
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Becker
- Writer(s):
- Bernd Lichtenberg, Wolfgang Becker
- Producer(s):
- Stefan Arndt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Not For Children, Watch With Your Teen, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Foreign
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- 2003 - Good Bye Lenin! - Berlin International Film Festival - Blue Angel Award
- 2003 - Good Bye Lenin! - French Academy of Cinema - Best Film from the European Union
