Good Bye, Lenin!

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Synopsis

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.

Directed by

Wolfgang Becker

Written by

Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg, Chris Silber

Cast

Daniel Brühl

Alex

Katrin Sass

Mother

Chulpan Khamatova

Lara

Maria Simon

Ariane

Florian Lukas

Denis

Alexander Beyer

Rainer

Burghart Klaußner

Alex's Father

Michael Gwisdek

Klapprath

Christine Schorn

Ms. Schäfer

Jürgen Holtz

Mr. Ganske

Jochen Stern

Mr. Mehlert

Stefan Walz

"Sigmund Jähn"

EB

Eberhard Kirchberg

Dr. Wagner

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Dr. Mewes

NI

Nico Ledermueller

Alex (11 years)

JE

Jelena Kratz

Ariane (13 years)

Details

Released

February 13, 2003

Runtime

2h 1m