---
title: 'Good Bye Lenin! (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Becker'
released: '2003-02-09'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-bye-lenin-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

2003 · 125 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Good Bye, Lenin!

## Synopsis

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; the mother is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the Peaceful Revolution in November. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in East Germany.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-becker-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-becker-2), [Bernd Lichtenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-lichtenberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yann Tiersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yann-tiersen)
- **Producer:** [Stefan Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-arndt), [Manuela Stehr](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-stehr), [Andreas Schreitmüller](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-schreitmuller), [Katja De Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/katja-de-bock)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Kukula](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kukula)
- **Editor:** [Peter R. Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-r-adam)

## Cast

- [Katrin Sass](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-sass) as Christiane Kerner
- [Ernst-Georg Schwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-georg-schwill)
- [Harald Juhnke](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-juhnke)
- [Maria Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-simon) as Ariane Kerner
- [Michael Gwisdek](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gwisdek) as Klapprath
- [Mennan Yapo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mennan-yapo)
- [Marc Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-bischoff)
- [Michael Gerber](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gerber)
- [Hans-Uwe Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-uwe-bauer) as Dr. Mewes
- [Alexander Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-beyer) as Rainer
- [Nico Ledermüller](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-ledermuller) as 11-year-old Alex
- [Florian Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-lukas) as Denis Domaschke
- [Jürgen Holtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-holtz) as Herr Ganske
- [Sarah Tkotsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-tkotsch)
- [Stefan Walz](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-walz) as a Sigmund Jähn look-alike taxi-driver

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Official site: https://www.good-bye-lenin.de/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-bye-lenin-2003
Film facts: Wikidata (Q154817); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.