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Good Bye Lenin! (2003) 7.7
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Reviews: 213 user | 150 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Wolfgang Becker |
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Cast
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| Katrin Saß | ... | ||
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Denis Domaschke
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Robert Kerner
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Michael Gwisdek | ... |
Klapprath
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Christine Schorn | ... |
Frau Schäfer
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Jürgen Holtz | ... |
Herr Ganske
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Jochen Stern | ... |
Herr Mehlert
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Stefan Walz | ... |
Sigmund Jähn
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Eberhard Kirchberg | ... |
Dr. Wagner
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Hans-Uwe Bauer | ... |
Dr. Mewes
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Nico Ledermueller | ... |
Alex - 11 Jahre
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Plot Synopsis
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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
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Die DDR lebt weiter -- auf 79 qm! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
GermanyRelease Date:
13 February 2003 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Zbogom Lenjinu See more »Box Office
Budget:
€4,800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$57,968 (USA) (27 February 2004)Gross:
$4,063,859 (USA) (30 July 2004)Company Credits
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Christiane Kerner: Eight months? What happened?
Ariane Kerner: Yeah, it was...
Alexander Kerner: It was in October, in the supermarket. There was this enormous queue and it was really hot and you just passed out.
Christiane Kerner: In October?
Alexander Kerner: It was a really hot October. At the time.
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At the birthday party when Rainer tries to hide from Christiane his West German origin, he almost says he was a Gauleiter in the children's Pioneer movement. A Gauleiter was the name given to a regional Nazi party leader. See more »Goofs
When Alex first enters the hospital to pay a visit to his mother, there are modern green emergency exit signs. See more »Quotes
Ariane Kerner: You were in a coma. Eight months ago.Christiane Kerner: Eight months? What happened?
Ariane Kerner: Yeah, it was...
Alexander Kerner: It was in October, in the supermarket. There was this enormous queue and it was really hot and you just passed out.
Christiane Kerner: In October?
Alexander Kerner: It was a really hot October. At the time.
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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.