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| Directed by | Wolfgang Becker |
| Produced by | Stefan Arndt |
| Written by | Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg |
| Starring | Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Alexander Beyer |
| Music by | Yann Tiersen, Claire Pichet |
| Editing by | Peter R. Stefan Arndt (born 1961 in Munich Germany) is a German Film producer and managing partner of X Filme Creative Pool, which he started Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo ( born June 16, 1978) is a German Actor. Katrin Saß (also spelt Sass in English pron "Zass" (born October 23, 1956) is a German actress best known for playing Christiane Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (Чулпа́н Наи́левна Хама́това Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова|Çulpan Nail qızı Xamatova born October 1 Maria Simon (born 1976 in Leipzig) is a German actress. Family and background Simon is the sister of the actress Susanna Alexander Beyer ( * June 24 1973 in Erfurt) is a German Actor. Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Claire Pichet is a French soloist Singer. Biography Performances Summer 78, soundtrack of Good Bye Adam |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics (US) |
| Release date(s) | 9 February 2003 |
| Running time | 121 min |
| Language | German |
| Budget | € 4,800,000 (est. Sony Pictures Classics is one of two specialty film divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the other being Screen Gems (which produces more genre-specific fare Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e ) |
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Good Bye Lenin! is a German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Tragicomedy is Fictional work that blend aspects of the Genres of Tragedy and Comedy. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It can be seen as part of the ostalgie movement. Ostalgie is a German term referring to Nostalgia for life in the former East Germany. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon and Florian Lukas. Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo ( born June 16, 1978) is a German Actor. Katrin Saß (also spelt Sass in English pron "Zass" (born October 23, 1956) is a German actress best known for playing Christiane Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (Чулпа́н Наи́левна Хама́това Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова|Çulpan Nail qızı Xamatova born October 1 Maria Simon (born 1976 in Leipzig) is a German actress. Family and background Simon is the sister of the actress Susanna
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Story overview
To protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, Alex must keep her from learning that her beloved state of East Germany, as she knew it, has collapsed. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state
Cast
- Daniel Brühl – Alexander Kerner
- Katrin Saß – Christiane Kerner
- Chulpan Khamatova – Lara
- Maria Simon – Ariane Kerner
- Florian Lukas – Denis Domaschke
- Alexander Beyer – Rainer
- Burghart Klaußner – Alex's father
- Michael Gwisdek – Klapprath
- Christine Schorn – Frau Schäfer
- Jürgen Holtz – Herr Ganske
- Jochen Stern – Herr Mehlert
- Ernst-Georg Schwill as the taxi-driver
- Stefan Walz – a taxi-driver who looks very much like, or who may actually be, Sigmund Jähn
- Eberhard Kirchberg – Dr. Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo ( born June 16, 1978) is a German Actor. Katrin Saß (also spelt Sass in English pron "Zass" (born October 23, 1956) is a German actress best known for playing Christiane Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (Чулпа́н Наи́левна Хама́това Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова|Çulpan Nail qızı Xamatova born October 1 Maria Simon (born 1976 in Leipzig) is a German actress. Family and background Simon is the sister of the actress Susanna Alexander Beyer ( * June 24 1973 in Erfurt) is a German Actor. Dr Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German Cosmonaut. Wagner
- Hans-Uwe Bauer – Dr. Mewes
- Nico Ledermüller – Alexander Kerner (11 years old)
- Jessica Dudley – Sigmund Jähn
Plot
The film is set in East Berlin in 1989. East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Alexander Kerner lives with his mother Christiane and sister Ariane in a small apartment. His father (a doctor) has fled to the West, apparently abandoning the family. In his absence, Alex's mother, Christiane, has become an ardent supporter of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED) was the governing party of the German Democratic When she sees Alex being arrested in an anti-government demonstration, she suffers a near-fatal heart attack and falls into a coma shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including After eight months she awakes, but is severely weakened both physically and mentally. Her doctor says that any shock may cause another, possibly fatal, attack. Alex realizes that her discovery of recent events would be too much for her to bear, and so sets out to maintain the illusion that things are as normal in the German Democratic Republic. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state To this end, he and Ariane return the previous drab decor to the apartment, dress in their old clothes, and feed the bed-ridden Christiane new, Western produce from old labeled jars. Their deception is successful, albeit becoming increasingly complicated and elaborate. Christiane occasionally witnesses strange occurrences, such as a gigantic Coca-Cola advertisement banner unfurling on a building outside the apartment. Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries With his friend, a would-be filmmaker, Alex edits old tapes of East German news broadcasts and creates fake special reports on occasion to explain odd events away. Aktuelle Kamera (in English roughly translated as Current Camera) was the state Television newscast of the former German Democratic Republic Since the old news shows were fairly predictable, and Christiane's memory is a bit hazy, she is initially fooled.
Christiane eventually gains strength and wanders outside one day while Alex is asleep. She sees all her neighbors' old furniture piled up in the street for garbage collection, a car dealer selling BMWs instead of Trabants and advertisements for Western corporations. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 The Trabant is an Automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony However, Alex and Ariane quickly find her, take her home, and show her a fake special report that East Germany is now accepting refugees from the West following an economic crisis. Christiane, initially skeptical, finally decrees that as good Socialists they should open their home to these newcomers.
However, Christiane relapses one day and is taken back to the hospital. Under pressure to reveal the truth about the fall of the East, Alex creates a final fake news segment. He convinces a taxi driver to identify himself as Sigmund Jähn, who in the segment becomes the new leader of East Germany, and gives a speech promising to make a better future by opening the borders to the West. Dr Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German Cosmonaut. Christiane is very impressed by the "broadcast," but in fact already knows the truth, as Alex's girlfriend revealed everything when he was not around. The tables are turned completely, and it is Alex who is being protected from reality. Christiane dies soon afterwards, but not before seeing her husband one last time. It is revealed that he wanted the family to join him in West Berlin. However, Christiane, fearing the government would take away Alex and Ariane, had gotten cold feet and therefore chose to stay in the East.
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Yann Tiersen with the exception of Summer 78 sung by Claire Pichet. Good bye Lenin! is the original Soundtrack Album of the film of the same title starring Daniel Brühl and Katrin Saß Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Claire Pichet is a French soloist Singer. Biography Performances Summer 78, soundtrack of Good Bye Stylistically, the music is very similar to Tiersen's prior work on Amélie (in fact one piano composition is in both films), but is missing Amélie's trademark accordion waltzes. Amélie is the Soundtrack or original score to the French Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated Motion picture
Several famous GDR songs are sung and heard. Two children, purportedly members of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, sing Unsere Heimat (Our Homeland). The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14 in Unsere Heimat was a popular song in the republic of East Germany, where it was sung by the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation. Friends of Christiane (living in the same building) follow with Bau Auf! Bau Auf!, another anthem, of the Free German Youth. The Free German Youth, also known as the FDJ ( German: Freie Deutsche Jugend, was the official Socialist Youth movement of The final fake newscast with Sigmund Jähn features a rousing crescendo of the GDR national anthem, Auferstanden aus Ruinen. " Auferstanden aus Ruinen " ( German for "Risen from the Ruins" was the National anthem of East Germany (German Democratic Republic (GDR
References to other films
- Much confusion was caused by Denis's t-shirt, which appeared to bear the green glyph pattern from The Matrix. The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and The Matrix appeared in 1999, whereas the film was set between 1989 and 1990. A deleted scene on the DVD eventually solved this mystery. The scene featured Denis, an amateur film-maker, telling Alex about his idea for a film, where people were enslaved by machines to produce energy for them while they were trapped in a computer dream world - an obvious reference to the aforementioned film. There is a common theme of keeping people in a simulated reality. Simulated reality is the proposition that Reality could be simulated—perhaps by Computer simulation —to a degree indistinguishable from "true" Reality
- Alexander Beyer, who plays Rainer, Ariane's wayward boyfriend, also played a major role in the previous blockbuster "Ostalgie" film, Sonnenallee in 1999. Alexander Beyer ( * June 24 1973 in Erfurt) is a German Actor. Sonnenallee ( Sun Lane) is a 1999 Comedy film about life in East Berlin in the 1970s Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In Good Bye Lenin!, he plays a former West German inhabitant who constantly mocks the former East German inhabitants, but eventually lends a helping hand by buying a Trabant. In Sonnenallee, he played an East German who constantly made fun of West Germans.
- In the hospital scene after Christiane has her nervous breakdown, Ariane is shown in a chair solemnly playing a dirge on a child's plastic recorder while her comatose mother lies beside her. The tune she plays is a variation on Zbigniew Preisner's "Song for the Unification of Europe". Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's This is an homage to (or perhaps a parody of) a similar hospital scene in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue. ( June 27, 1941 &ndash March 13, 1996) was an influential Oscar -nominated Polish Film director and Three Colours Blue ( French: Trois Couleurs Bleu, Trzy kolory
- The film includes scenes from East German children's programs including Sandmännchen. Unser Sandmännchen, Das Sandmännchen, Abendgruß, Sandmann, Sandmännchen (Little Sandman) is a German children's bedtime television News programs, such as Aktuelle Kamera and other GDR programs, are subtly mentioned in the film. Aktuelle Kamera (in English roughly translated as Current Camera) was the state Television newscast of the former German Democratic Republic
- There are at least two homages paid to Stanley Kubrick. The scene with the wedding cake is a direct reference to the famous bone scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey, with Denis mentioning it as such; also, the scene when Alex and his friend set up his mother's bedroom is a reference to the sex scene in A Clockwork Orange, with Rossini's William Tell Overture being played on both occasions. 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 Satirical Science fiction Film adaptation of a 1962 novel of the same name, by Anthony The Overture to the opera William Tell, especially its high-energy finale is a very familiar work composed by Gioachino Rossini. The name of the main character in A Clockwork Orange is also Alex.
- The scene with a flying Lenin statue recalls a similar scene with flying Jesus in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita and a scene with a Lenin statue being carted away in Kieślowski's The Double Life of Véronique. The Double Life of Véronique (" La double vie de Véronique " Polish title " Podwójne życie Weroniki " is a 1991 French
Trivia
- Most of the scenes were shot at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz. The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental Socialist Boulevard built by the young GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain Plattenbau (plural Plattenbauten is the German word for a building whose structure is constructed of large prefabricated Concrete slabs The word is a large open square and public transport hub in the Berlin district of Mitte in the city centre near the river Spree and the Berliner Dom
- Although the East German products are accurately portrayed, many of the western products in the film are shown in packaging different from that used in 1990, including Jacobs Krönung coffee, Heinz ketchup, Pepsi Light, and Coca-Cola light. PepsiCo has produced a number of variations on its primary Cola, Pepsi, over the years including Colas Pepsi Diet Coke (formally known as Diet Coca-Cola) is a Sugar -free Soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company.
- The logo of the satellite TV company Thomas and Alex work for bears a strong resemblance to the hammer and sickle. The hammer and sickle is a part of Communist symbolism and its usage indicates an association with Communism, Communist Party, or Communist state
- The stills show on the spliced news broadcast referring to West German drug addiction are the actual police photos of the deaths of certain real-life characters mentioned in the biography of Christiane F (later filmed as Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) and originally published in Stern. Christiane F (born Christiane Vera Felscherinow on May 20, 1962) is a former Heroin addict famous for her contribution to the Autobiographical Christiane F - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s following tape recordings of Christiane F The stern is the rear or aft part of a Ship or Boat, technically defined as the area built up over the Sternpost, extending upwards from the Counter
- Alex has a poster of the East German band Silly on his wall. Silly is a German rock band. Founded in East Germany in the year 1978 Silly was one of the country's most popular music acts and was well
See also
- The Legend of Rita, an earlier film of Ostalgie. The Legend of Rita (German Die Stille nach dem Schuss &ndash "The Silence after the Shot" is a 2000 German film about the exiled armed German left-wing terrorists
- Spreewald gherkins, one of the foods Christiane wants. Spreewald gherkins (German Spreewälder Gurken) are a specialty Gherkin from Brandenburg, which are protected by the EU as a Protected Geographical
References
External links
- Official site (in German)
- DVD Review of film
- Promotional website in English
- Good Bye Lenin! at the Internet Movie Database
- Good Bye Lenin! at Rotten Tomatoes
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