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Good Bye, Lenin!

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Original title

Good Bye, Lenin!

Year

2003

Running time

118 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Wolfgang Becker

Screenwriter

Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg

Cast

Music

Yann Tiersen

Cinematography

Martin Kukula

Producer

X Filme Creative Pool, ARTE, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. 1980s. 1990s

Synopsis

October 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany -- and this is precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she suddenly awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism in her beloved East Germany? To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam as Alex's sister and selected neighbors are recruited to maintain the elaborate ruse -- and keep her believing that Lenin really did win after all!

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Awards: 2003: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2003: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2003: European Film Awards: 6 Awards including Best Film. 8 Nominations

2003: César Awards: Best European Movie

2003: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection, Blue Angel Award

2003: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best European Film

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2 My Favorite German Movies (192)
10 My Top 10 Movies from 2003 (349)
11 My Favorite Movies from Europe & Latin America (128)
17 Little Gems: Little Known Movies I've Discovered (100)
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