Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. Most scenes were shot at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz. In a prologue, Alex Kerner recalls as a child in 1978 how proud he was along with his countrymen when the first German to enter space, Sigmund Jähn, came from East Germany . The remainder of the film is set in East Berlin, spanning from October 1989 to just after German reunification a... year later. Alex lives with his sister, Ariane , his mother, Christiane , and Ariane's infant daughter, Paula. His father fled to the West in 1978, apparently abandoning the family. In his absence, Christiane has become an ardent idealist and supporter of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany . When she sees Alex being arrested in an anti-government demonstration, she suffers a near-fatal heart attack and falls into a coma. The police ignore Alexander's plea to assist his mother, instead releasing him later that evening to go and see her.
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| Release date: | February 9, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Wolfgang Becker |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 121 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stefan Arndt, Andreas Schreitmüller, Katja De Bock |
| Editor: | Peter R. Adam, Antje Zynga |
| Music by: | Yann Tiersen |
| Cinematography: | Martin Kukula |
| Screenplay by: | Bernd Lichtenberg |
| Genre: | Comedy |