Good Bye, Lenin!

7.5(2,590)20032h 1m

ComedyDrama

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.

Director

Wolfgang Becker

Budget

$4.8M

Revenue

$79.4M

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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"

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

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 hap...