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Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

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In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

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Cast

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Maria Simon ...
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Denis Domaschke
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Robert Kerner
Michael Gwisdek ...
Klapprath
Christine Schorn ...
Frau Schäfer
Jürgen Holtz ...
Herr Ganske
Jochen Stern ...
Herr Mehlert
Stefan Walz ...
Sigmund Jähn
Eberhard Kirchberg ...
Dr. Wagner
Hans-Uwe Bauer ...
Dr. Mewes
Nico Ledermueller ...
Alex - 11 Jahre (as Nico Ledermüller)
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Storyline

East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. Written by Benjamin Stello

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief language and sexuality | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

13 February 2003 (Germany)  »

Also Known As:

Goodbye Lenin!  »

Box Office

Budget:

€4,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$57,968 (USA) (27 February 2004)

Gross:

$4,063,859 (USA) (30 July 2004)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Florian Lukas was originally cast as Alex. When director Wolfgang Becker chose Daniel Brühl for that role, he offered Lukas the role of Denis. See more »

Goofs

After Ariane finds the letters from her father hidden in the kitchen, she holds one on which Christiane's name is misspelled as Christine. See more »

Quotes

Alexander Kerner: All this stuff has to go. Are the old curtains in the cellar?
Ariane Kerner: You can't be serious.
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Crazy Credits

All i's, except the one in Lenin, are lower case. See more »

Connections

References Battleship Potemkin (1925) See more »

Soundtracks

"Summer 78"
by Yann Tiersen
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Excellent film
2 October 2004 | by (Ontario Canada) – See all my reviews

I didn't have too many expectations for this film. My partner pitched it to me as a comedy, and I hadn't seen the trailer in a while so I went into thinking that's all it would be. Instead, it really was a sublimely sophisticated film.

I had the good fortune to see East Berlin first in July 1989 (there was *ZERO* hint that the wall would be down in 4 months) and then in February 1990. It was an amazing before and after, and I thought this film captured this very well. As a visitor to the East for several months that year, this film really brought back to me the East European Quiet Revolution when everything really did change.

The characters going through that change are of course an allegory for the changes all around them- '40 years gone! They sold us up river!' says an old man who represents those who 'lost' in the reunification contrasted to those who won-the youth. Similarly, the contrast of personal re-unification (the children and their father) vs that of the east and west is a wonderfully treated theme through the film…. And of course lies. Lies to comfort us, lies to deal with other lies. A very, very touching film.


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