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Sun Alley

Original title: Sonnenallee
  • 19991999
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
7.1K
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Alexander Beyer, Detlev Buck, Patrick Güldenberg, Elena Meißner, Martin Moeller, David Müller, Alexander Scheer, Robert Stadlober, and Teresa Weißbach in Sun Alley (1999)
ComedyDramaRomance
A group of kids grows up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The a... Read allA group of kids grows up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, the "West German" friends and relatives who come to v... Read allA group of kids grows up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
7.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Leander Haußmann
  • Writers
    • Thomas Brussig(screenplay)
    • Leander Haußmann(screenplay)
    • Detlev Buck(collaborator on screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Alexander Scheer
    • Alexander Beyer
    • Robert Stadlober
  • Director
    • Leander Haußmann
  • Writers
    • Thomas Brussig(screenplay)
    • Leander Haußmann(screenplay)
    • Detlev Buck(collaborator on screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Alexander Scheer
    • Alexander Beyer
    • Robert Stadlober
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 2 nominations

    Photos24

    Alexander Beyer in Babelsberg, Germany
    Sun Alley (1999)
    Sun Alley (1999)
    Alexander Scheer and Teresa Weißbach in Sun Alley (1999)
    Teresa Weißbach in Sun Alley (1999)
    Alexander Scheer and Robert Alan Packard in Sun Alley (1999)
    Henry Hübchen and Ignaz Kirchner in Sun Alley (1999)
    Benno Frevert and Alexander Scheer in Sun Alley (1999)
    Alexander Beyer, Patrick Güldenberg, Christine Harbort, Martin Moeller, David Müller, Alexander Scheer, and Robert Stadlober in Sun Alley (1999)
    Henry Hübchen, Ignaz Kirchner, Annika Kuhl, Samir Osman, Alexander Scheer, and Katharina Thalbach in Sun Alley (1999)
    Karl Marx and Alexander Scheer in Sun Alley (1999)
    Detlev Buck, Steffi Kühnert, and Sabine Orléans in Sun Alley (1999)

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    Alexander Scheer
    Alexander Scheer
    • Michael 'Micha' Ehrenreich
    Alexander Beyer
    Alexander Beyer
    • Mario
    Robert Stadlober
    Robert Stadlober
    • Wuschel
    Teresa Weißbach
    Teresa Weißbach
    • Miriam Sommer
    Detlev Buck
    Detlev Buck
    • ABV
    Katharina Thalbach
    Katharina Thalbach
    • Mutter Ehrenreich
    Henry Hübchen
    Henry Hübchen
    • Vater Ehrenreich
    Ignaz Kirchner
    • Onkel Heinz
    Annika Kuhl
    • Sabine Ehrenreich
    Elena Meißner
    • Sabrina
    Horst Lebinsky
    • Grenzer
    Martin Moeller
    • Kosscke
    Patrick Güldenberg
    • Appel
    David Müller
    • Brötchen
    Margit Carstensen
    Margit Carstensen
    • Direktorin
    Minh-Khai Phan-Thi
    Minh-Khai Phan-Thi
    • Gast aus Vietnam
    • (as Minh Khai Phan-Thi)
    Sabine Orléans
    • Pionierleiterin
    • (as Sabine Orleans)
    Steffi Kühnert
    Steffi Kühnert
    • FDJ Funktionärin
    • Director
      • Leander Haußmann
    • Writers
      • Thomas Brussig(screenplay) (novel "Am kuerzeren Ende der Sonnenallee")
      • Leander Haußmann(screenplay)
      • Detlev Buck(collaborator on screenplay)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The date this film was released, 7 October 1999, would have been exactly the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic.
    • Goofs
      In the earlier scene Hotte Ehrenreich is watching Der schwarze Kanal (1960). The colorful intro with the German anthem as the theme music, which is shown on TV was in use since 1979. The movie however is set in 1973.
    • Alternate versions
      German TV version runs ca. 10 minutes longer than the theatrical/home video version.
    • Connections
      Features Der schwarze Kanal (1960)
    • Soundtracks
      The Letter
      Performed by Dynamo 5

      Written by Wayne Carson Thompson

    User reviews19

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Better and more nuanced than Goodbye Lenin
    As an American who lived in former East Germany for a time, I was impressed by the way this film portrayed the ambivalence many Ossis felt about the fall of the Wall. The characters were more nuanced and their treatment more sensitive than that seen in the more popular Goodbye Lenin which, while a good movie, is more about the character's relationship with his mother than it is an accurate portrayal of life in East Germany. Goodbye Lenin seems to reduce the Ossi existence to communist commodification -- to be an Ossi is about what kind of pickles you eat -- whereas Sonnenallee allows its characters to be much more than consumers. In interviews with the makers of Goodbye Lenin, they have mentioned that much of their inspiration for their treatment of East Germans came from TV shows on East Germans.... Sonnenallee presents the eastern life without the extra refraction of the television screen.
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    • Feb 3, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1999 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Delphi Filmverleih GmbH
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Italian
      • Vietnamese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • La avenida del sol
    • Filming locations
      • Aula of Carl von Ossietzky Gymnasium, Pankow, Berlin, Germany(interiors)
    • Production companies
      • Boje Buck Produktion
      • Ö-Film
      • Sat.1
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,891,924
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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