Alexander, his sister Ariane and his mother Christiane are living in East Berlin during the cold ward. During the 40th birthday of the German Democratic Republic, their mother is victim of stroke and end up being in a comma from eight months. When she woke up, the fall of the Berlin wall and the communist regime happened. In this period of time, Berlin and the whole Germany experienced major changes. In order to protect his mother from another stroke that could be fatal Alexander decides to hide the real truth of the outside world. To do so, he will bring back the communist regime to life directly in her apartment…
Title: Goodbye Lenin! (EN) / Goodbye Lenin! (DE)
Country: Germany
Languages: German, English, Russian
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Writers: Bernd Lichtenberg, Achim von Borries
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova…