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Jul 16, 2003 · Read our review of "Good Bye Lenin!" German comedy is usually thought of as an oxymoron, but Wolfgang Becker's "Good Bye Lenin!" manages to wring tears of joy and sadness out of a family’s ...
Oct 2, 2017 · Wolfgang Becker’s film Goodbye, Lenin (2003) portrays a tragicomic story of an East German family mirroring the historical changes after the fall of Berlin Wall. The hero Alex fabricates an elaborate fantasy of pre-fall-of-the-Wall life for his mother who suffers with amnesia, since her fragile heart cannot get excited by the drastic social change. Alex’s ...
Aug 9, 2004 · Wolfgang Becker: The numbers right now are 6.5 million spectators, and the film is still running after a year with more than 100 prints. In the summer season, Germany has a lot of outdoor ...
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Jul 16, 2003 · Wolfgang Becker's film about one man's attempt to make history stand still is a tragi-comic journey into political upheaval and personal worries. Taking wry pot-shots at the monolithic ideologies ...
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.
Born. ( 1954-06-22) 22 June 1954 (age 70) Hemer, West Germany. Occupation (s) Film director, screenwriter. Years active. 1988–present. Wolfgang Becker (born 22 June 1954) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work Good Bye Lenin! (2003).
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Oct 3, 2003 · Becker does perhaps exhaust his idea slightly by the end, but luckily this is more than just a one-joke movie with characters that don’t simply exist to propel the laughs. After Enlightenment Guaranteed and Martha’s Kitchen, Goodbye, Lenin! is further proof, if any were needed that Germany is the source of some of the most hilarious and surprising comedy out there.
