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Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)

R 02/13/2003 Comedy, Drama 2h 1m
75%
User
Score
7.7/10
91%
68/100

Overview

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

Wolfgang Becker

Screenplay

Bernd Lichtenberg

Screenplay

Chris Silber

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Achim von Borries

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl

Alex

Katrin Sass

Katrin Sass

Mother

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Lara

Maria Simon

Maria Simon

Ariane

Florian Lukas

Florian Lukas

Denis

Alexander Beyer

Alexander Beyer

Rainer

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Alex's Father

Michael Gwisdek

Michael Gwisdek

Klapprath

Christine Schorn

Christine Schorn

Ms. Schäfer

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Media

Mark Kermode reviews Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) | BFI Player

Goodbye Lenin - Trailer #1

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on March 12, 2025

Daniel Brühl is on good form here in this entirely far-fetched but enjoyable drama. He and his sister “Ariane” (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their proud citizen mother (Katrin Sass) who has just been awarded a special medal for her socialist public-mindedness. The thing is, it is 1989 and the whole Honecker regime is beginning to totter. People are on the streets and one of them just happens to be “Alex”. When he gets himself apprehended by the police on the street, she tries to intervene but only manages to end up in a coma. He is promptly released and for a while he and his sister and her boyfriend have to live their lives whilst she breathes through hospital tubes. Then, some months later, she wakes up. The doctors have advised that she should be kept rested and peace...

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