Directed by:
Wolfgang BeckerCinematography:
Martin KukulaComposer:
Yann TiersenCast:
Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Maria Simon, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer, Burghart Klaußner, Michael Gwisdek, Marc Bischoff (more)Plots(1)
When Alex’s mother witnesses his arrest on a protest march, she suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma for eight months, just enough time for the Berlin Wall to come tumbling down, along with all of East Germany’s ideals. Eight months later, Christiane wakes up and things have changed. The doctors warn Alex that any shock could bring on a fatal heart attack. He realises he must convince his mother that her beloved Communism has not been overthrown but is in fact triumphing over Capitalism. Alex then sets out to recreate every detail of the old East inside the four walls of their tiny council flat, and what begins as a little white lie soon turns into a deception of comical proportions. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Katrin Saß
East Germany
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
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Maria Simon
East Germany
Best movies:
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Passing Summer (2001)
Chulpan Khamatova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Tuvalu (1999)
Florian Lukas
East Germany
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
When We Leave (2010)
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Alexander Beyer
East Germany
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Persian Lessons (2020)
The Fox (2023)
Burghart Klaußner
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Michael Gwisdek
German Empire
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Marc Bischoff
Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Ernst-Georg Schwill
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Strange Gardens (2003)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Martin Brambach
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
The Reader (2008)
Mennan Yapo
Best movies:
The Pillow Book (1996)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Christine Schorn
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Mein Vater (2003) (TV movie)
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Michael Gempart
Switzerland
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
About a Girl (2014)
Chouans ! (1988)
Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Erich Honecker
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Friendship! (2010)
Helmut Kohl
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)