Good Bye, Lenin!

Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wolfgang Becker
Written by	Wolfgang Becker; Bernd Lichtenberg;
Produced by	Stefan Arndt
Starring	Daniel Brühl; Katrin Sass; Chulpan Khamatova; Florian Lukas; Maria Simon; Alexander Beyer;
Cinematography	Martin Kukula
Edited by	Peter R. Adam
Music by	Yann Tiersen; Claire Pichet; Antonello Marafioti;
Production; company	X-Filme Creative Pool
Distributed by	X Verleih AG (through Warner Bros.)
Release date	13 February 2003;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German
Budget	DM 9.6 million (€4.8 million) (approx. $6.5 million)
Box office	$79 million

Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany (GDR); the mother (Sass) is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the Peaceful Revolution in November. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son (Brühl) attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in East Germany.^[3]

Most scenes were shot at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz. Good Bye Lenin! received numerous honours, including 2003's European Film Award for Best Film and German Film Award for Best Fiction Film.^[4]^[5]

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