Film

Good Bye, Lenin!

2003 · 2h 1m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

68

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.

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"

Eberhard Kirchberg

Dr. Wagner

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Dr. Mewes

Nico Ledermueller

Alex (11 years)

Jelena Kratz

Ariane (13 years)

• Wolfgang BeckerDirector · Screenplay
• Bernd LichtenbergScreenplay
• Achim von BorriesScreenplay
• Hendrik HandloegtenScreenplay
• Chris SilberScreenplay
• Stefan ArndtProducer
• Katja De BockProducer
• Andreas SchreitmüllerProducer
• Manuela StehrProducer
• Martin KukulaDirector of Photography

Goodbye Lenin - Trailer #1

Release date

February 13, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 1m

Rated

R

Budget

$4,800,000

Revenue

$79,384,880

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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