Good Bye Lenin! 2003

type: Movie

language: German

duration: 121 min

genre: social

theme: tragicomedy

director: Wolfgang Becker

Score: 8 / 10

Good Bye Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany (GDR); the mother (Sass) is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the Peaceful Revolution in November. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son (Brühl) attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in East Germany.

Plot

The film is set in East Berlin, in the period from October 1989 to a few days after German reunification in October 1990.

Awards

Cast

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author	Bernd Lichtenberg Wolfgang Becker
award	César Award for Best Film from the European Union European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
contentLocation	Berlin
director	Wolfgang Becker
editor	Peter R. Adam
events	deception Die Wende and Peaceful Revolution German Democratic Republic lie parent–child relationship social change transformation
genre	comedy-drama political social
keywords	1990 east german general election abandon aktuelle kamera anti-government demonstration arrest berlin border crossings berlin wall border build burger king capitalism celebration of east germany's 40th anniversary coca-cola coma dacha date deutsche mark die wende east berlin east german mark east german news east german republic day parade of 1989 east germany economic crisis economic theory egon krenz exchange student fake news fall fall of the berlin wall free elections german mark german reunification government government of east germany heart attack lenin monday demonstrations in east germany news broadcast news report open profound societal changes rule satellite dish satellite dishes sigmund jähn socialist unity party socialist unity party of germany soviet union taxi driver volkspolizei west west berlin west german marks west germany
musicBy	Yann Tiersen
nomination	European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director International Submission to the Academy Awards Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
producer	Stefan Arndt
productionCompany	X-Filme Creative Pool
publisher	Screen International Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Berlin
theme	tragicomedy