Good Bye Lenin!
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Good Bye Lenin!

Year:
Duration:
121 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
Wolfgang Becker
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 14 nominations
Details
Country: Germany
Release Date: 2003-02-13
Filming Locations: Studio Berlin Adlershof, Am Studio 20, Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $57,968 (USA) (29 February 2004)
Gross: $4,063,859 (USA) (1 August 2004)
Cast
Actor
Character
Daniel Brühl
Alex
Katrin Saß
Mutter
Chulpan Khamatova
Lara
Maria Simon
Ariane
Florian Lukas
Denis
Alexander Beyer
Rainer
Burghart Klaußner
Alex' Vater
Michael Gwisdek
Klapprath
Christine Schorn
Frau Schäfer
Jürgen Holtz
Herr Ganske
Jochen Stern
Herr Mehlert
Stefan Walz
Sigmund Jähn
Eberhard Kirchberg
Dr. Wagner
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Dr. Mewes
Nico Ledermueller
Alex - 11 Jahre
Jelena Kratz
Ariane - 13 Jahre
Laureen Hatscher
Baby Paula - 1 Jahr
Felicitas Hatscher
Baby Paula - 1 Jahr
Martin Brambach
Stasi 1
Michael Gerber
Stasi 2
Robert Störr
Funktionär Ordensverleihung
Philipp Kupfer
Baby Paula - 3 Monate
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Taxifahrer
Rainer Werner
Stasi in Jeansjacke
Marc Bischoff
Junger Stationsarzt
Horst-Dieter Stork
Grenzer 1
Hartmut Kuley
NVA-Offizier
Peter Kurth
'X-TV' Chef
Ditmar Bieseke
Grenzer 2
Dirk Prinz
Beifahrer
Jürgen Vogel
Das Küken
Elke Werner
Verkäuferin HO-Markt
Regina Ziebach
Gurkenfrau
Wolfgang Stein
Gurkenmann
Mennan Yapo
Flohmarktverkäufer
Maximilian Brunow
Pionier Sascha
Bojan Heyn
Pionier Niko
Fritz Roth
Pförtner Coca-Cola
Armin Dillenberger
Bankangestellter
Denys Darahan
Pionier Christian
Bastian Lang
Pionier Frank
Lothar Schlichthar
Dicker Mann am Pool
Alexander Reed
Wuppertaler
Ute Michel
Frauenärztin (as Dr. Ute Michel)
Svea Timander
Vaters neue Frau
Hanna Schwamborn
Carla
Rafael Hübner
Thomas
Michael Berge
Partyredner
Rey Agana
Marcel Bellin
Aandrea Bork
Angelo Bossert
Christiane Brauer
Igor-Immanuel Bruckhaus
Mimmo Catania
Toni Filler
Meike Frerichs
Marc Geiselhart
Charline Gülle
Leonore Haberkorn
Bjoern Heinrich
Torsten Heyroth
Jasmin Hoffmann
Clemens Holzendorff
Susann Hotze
Wasin Jung
André Kindzorra
Dieter Kraft
Jörn Itzeck
Simone Kruse
Kai-Quin Liang
Fred Luck
Karoline Metzig
Utz Neumann
Christoph Olonczik
Marakorn Praphawat
Pham Quang
(as Quang Pham)
Sebastian Raehse
Michelle Reed
Jacqueline Schachmann
Angelika Schmegg
Wolfgang Schreiber
Florian Seiffge
Michael Stübing
Christian Trautsch
Adrian Wolff
Andreas Thieck
SFB-Nachrichtensprecher (voice)
Klaus Augenthaler
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willy Brandt
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guido Buchwald
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lothar de Maizière
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Gempart
Grenzer (uncredited)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raisa Gorbachev
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Erich Honecker
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sigmund Jähn
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hannelore Kohl
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Kohl
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Egon Krenz
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oskar Lafontaine
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lothar Matthäus
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Erich Mielke
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Momper
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Monika Reineck
Demonstrantin 1. Reihe bei Straßenschlacht mit Stasi-Leuten (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eduard Shevardnadze
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah Tkotsch
Mitglied des Pionierchors (uncredited)
Angelika Unterlauf
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rudi Völler
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chris Waddle
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ulrich Wohlleben
Partygast (uncredited)
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Trivia
The reason Dennis is seen wearing a T-shirt that resembles the computer code from The Matrix (1999) is because there was initially a scene where he talked about a movie idea of his called "Planet of the Forgotten" which bore a striking resemblance to the plot of The Matrix. This scene can be viewed in the deleted scenes of the DVD.
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In the original script, Denis was an overweight Turkish-German called "Deniz".
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Jürgen Vogel has two appearances in the film. First he has a cameo as one of the arrested protesters (in the front row, wearing a blue jacket) and later he appears as the chicken in the supermarket (a reference to Wolfgang Becker's earlier film Life is All You Get (1997)) for which he is credited as "Das Küken" ("young chicken").
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Goofs
A bottle of red Blanchet brand wine is shown, but when the wall came down, there was only Blanchet white wine.
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After Ariane finds the letters from her father hidden in the kitchen, she holds one on which Christiane's name is misspelled as Christine.
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Alex puts the contents of a pack of Jacobs coffee into GDR packaging, but the logo on the Western coffee package is the one that was launched in the late '90s.
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Quotes
Denis: Eighth floor?
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Alexander Kerner: The future lay in our hands. Uncertain, yet promising.
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Denis: Denis
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Photos from cast
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
halloween black cats clip art Clip-art Cat cartoon Caricature Image of a cat