Good Bye Lenin!

– An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma whi..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
2003
Original Name:
Good bye, Lenin!
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) - Also known as Good bye, Lenin!

An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

Release Date:

14 May 2004

Language:

German, English, Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Wolfgang Becker

Writer:

Bernd Lichtenberg, Wolfgang Becker (author), Achim von Borries (collaborator on screenplay), Henk Handloegten (collaborator on screenplay), Chris Silber (collaborator on screenplay)

Main Actors:

Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon

Plot:

East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 19 nominations.

Gross profit:

$4,000,000

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
Metacritic:
68%