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    Good bye, Lenin!

    Poster of the movie Good bye, Lenin!
    2003     Romantic comedy-drama    
    Germany
    2h 1min
    Original lang: German, English, Russian
    R
    Guide for parents: offensive language, sexuality.
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.

    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!

    Directed byWolfgang Becker
    Written byBernd Lichtenberg, Wolfgang Becker
    CompanySony PicturesSony PicturesSony Pictures

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    Starring

    Daniel Brühl
    Katrin Saß
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