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Goodbye Lenin

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Last broadcast on Sat, 7 Nov 2009, 21:35 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Provocative comedy in which a son tries to prevent his mother from learning about the fall of the Berlin Wall when she emerges from a lengthy coma, fearing the shock may kill her. Helped by his friends, he devises some complicated ruses to maintain his mother's ignorance of Germany's reunification and the failure of communism in her beloved East Germany.

Credits

Alex Kerner
Daniel Bruhl
Christiane Kerner
Kathrin Sass
Ariane
Maria Simon
Lara
Chulpan Khamatova
Denis
Florian Lukas
Rainer
Alexander Beyer
Robert Kerner
Burghart Klaussner
Principal Dr Klapprath
Michael Gwisdek
Director
Wolfgang Becker
Producer
Stefan Arndt
Writer
Wolfgang Becker
Writer
Bernd Lichtenberg

Broadcasts

  1. Sat 19 Jan 2008
    21:00
  2. Sat 14 Mar 2009
    23:55
  3. Sat 7 Nov 2009
    21:35

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Duration

115 minutes

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