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Title: Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Brühl | ... | Alex | |
| Katrin Saß | ... | Mutter | |
| Chulpan Khamatova | ... | Lara | |
| Maria Simon | ... | Ariane | |
| Florian Lukas | ... | Denis | |
| Alexander Beyer | ... | Rainer | |
| Burghart Klaußner | ... | Alex' Vater | |
| 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 (as Nico Ledermüller) |
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 DDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the DDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. Written by Benjamin Stello
'Good Bye, Lenin!' is a fascinating German film that was for unclear reasons denied a best foreign film nomination in the recent Oscars, but I consider it one of the best films I've seen this year. 'Good Bye, Lenin!' is an entertaining and surreal black comedy, that doesn't really stand the test of logic and reality, but beneath the surface it's really a very socially conscious film, that gets across very well the atmosphere and problems of the post-communist East Germany.
The story is of Alex, whose mother, a devoted member of the Communist Party, suffers a heart attack which sends her into a coma - through which she sleeps throughout the months of revolution and the fall of the communist regime. When she awakes, the doctors warn Alex not to cause his mother any anxiety or excitement; therefore, he goes to ludicrously immense lengths to keep her convinced that communism in East Berlin is still alive. Not much of it, once again, stands the test of reason, but it's incredibly witty and entertaining, and manages, throughout, to get across some powerful statements.
'Good Bye, Lenin!' is both fun and important, a film which I recommend to everyone. Don't be afraid of European cinema; even though the film might be difficult to come by, it's very rewarding and well worth your time.