Good Bye Lenin! overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
A dedicated young German boy pulls off an elaborate scheme to keep his mother in good health in this comedy drama from director Wolfgang Becker. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, Alex's (Daniel Brühl) socialist mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass), remains comatose through the fall of the Berlin wall and the German Democratic Republic. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal upon his mother's awakening, Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Wolfgang Becker
- Studio: ARTE, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, X Filme Creative Pool
- Year: 2002
- Run Time: 118 minutes
- Country: Germany
- Language: German
- MPAA Rating: R (for brief language and sexuality)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
- Filmed in: Color
