Good Bye, Lenin!

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Daniel Brühl

Alex

Katrin Sass

Mother

Chulpan Khamatova

Lara

Maria Simon

Ariane

Florian Lukas

Denis

Alexander Beyer

Rainer

Burghart Klaußner

Alex's Father

Michael Gwisdek

Klapprath

Christine Schorn

Ms. Schäfer

Jürgen Holtz

Mr. Ganske

Jochen Stern

Mr. Mehlert

Stefan Walz

"Sigmund Jähn"

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Eberhard Kirchberg

Dr. Wagner

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Dr. Mewes

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Nico Ledermueller

Alex (11 years)

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Jelena Kratz

Ariane (13 years)

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Laureen Hatscher

Baby Paula (1 year)

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Felicitas Hatscher

Baby Paula (1 year)

Martin Brambach

Stasi 1

Michael Gerber

Stasi 2

Crew

Art

• Lothar Holler Production Design
• Matthias Klemme Art Direction
• Christian Schaefer Set Designer
• Andrea Eisensee Set Dresser

Camera

• Martin Kukula Director of Photography
• Klemens Becker Steadicam Operator
• Jörg Widmer Steadicam Operator
• Conny Klein Still Photographer
• Dirk Plamböck Still Photographer
• Birgit Guðjónsdóttir Second Unit Director of Photography
• Ralph Kaechele Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Aenne Plaumann Costume Design
• Christine Seehofer Assistant Costume Designer
• Björn Rehbein Hairstylist
• Heike Merker Makeup Artist
• Lena Lazzarotto Makeup Artist
• Birger Laube Makeup Artist

Crew

• Sven Asamoa Special Effects
• Thorsten Thiesse Special Effects

Directing

• Wolfgang Becker Director
• Sandra Scheucher Script Supervisor
• Sarah Gross First Assistant Director
• Marcus Welsch Second Assistant Director
• Susanne Boeing Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Peter R. Adam Editor

Lighting

• Tommy Schulz Gaffer
• Helmut Prein Gaffer

Production

• Stefan Arndt Producer
• Katja De Bock Producer
• Andreas Schreitmüller Producer
• Manuela Stehr Producer
• Marcos Kantis Line Producer
• Simone Bär Casting
• Michael Konstabel Researcher

Sound

• Yann Tiersen Original Music Composer
• Andro Steinborn Music Supervisor
• Jörn Poetzl Foley
• Dirk Jacob Sound Designer
• Lars Ginzel Sound Effects Editor
• Kuen-Il Song Sound Effects Editor
• Kai-Uwe Koch ADR & Dubbing

Writing

• Wolfgang Becker Screenplay
• Bernd Lichtenberg Screenplay
• Achim von Borries Screenplay
• Hendrik Handloegten Screenplay
• Chris Silber Screenplay

Photos