Good Bye, Lenin!

(2463)

2/13/2003

2h 1min

Comedy

Drama

Tagline

Overview

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.

Screenplay

Wolfgang Becker

Screenplay

Bernd Lichtenberg

Director

Wolfgang Becker

Screenplay

Chris Silber

Screenplay

Achim von Borries

Screenplay

Hendrik Handloegten

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Status
Released
Budget
$4,800,000.00
Revenue
$79,384,880.00
Original Language
Deutsch
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Daniel Brühl

Alex

Katrin Sass

Mother

Chulpan Khamatov...

Lara

Maria Simon

Ariane

Florian Lukas

Denis

Alexander Beyer

Rainer

Burghart Klaußne...

Alex's Father

Michael Gwisdek

Klapprath

Christine Schorn

Ms. Schäfer

Jürgen Holtz

Mr. Ganske

Jochen Stern

Mr. Mehlert

Stefan Walz

"Sigmund Jähn"

Eberhard Kirchbe...

Dr. Wagner

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Dr. Mewes

Nico Ledermuelle...

Alex (11 years)

Jelena Kratz

Ariane (13 year...

Laureen Hatscher

Baby Paula (1 y...

Felicitas Hatsch...

Baby Paula (1 y...

Martin Brambach

Stasi 1

Michael Gerber

Stasi 2

Robert Störr

Official at Awa...

Philipp Kupfer

Baby Paula (3 m...

Ernst-Georg Schw...

Taxi Driver

Rainer Werner

Stasi in Denim ...

Marc Bischoff

Young Ward Doct...

Horst-Dieter Sto...

Border Guard 1

Hartmut Kuley

NVA-Officer

Peter Kurth

"X-TV" Boss

Ditmar Bieseke

Border Guard 2

Arndt Schwering-...

Ambulance Drive...

Dirk Prinz

Passenger

Jürgen Vogel

"The Chick"

Elke Werner

Saleswoman HO-M...

Regina Ziebach

Cucumber Woman

Wolfgang Stein

Cucumber Man

Mennan Yapo

Flea Market Ven...

Fritz Roth

Guard at Coca-C...

Maximilian Bruno...

Pioneer Sasha

Bojan Heyn

Pioneer Niko

Armin Dillenberg...

Bank Teller

Denys Darahan

Pioneer Christi...

Bastian Lang

Pioneer Frank

Lothar Schlichth...

Fat Man at the ...

Alexander Reed

Wuppertaler

Ute Michel

Gynecologist

Svea Timander

Father's New Wi...

Hanna Schwamborn

Carla

Rafael Hübner

Thomas

Michael Berge

Party Speaker

CinemaSerf 3/12/2025

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 ...Show More