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Goodbye Lenin!

Good Bye, Lenin!

  • 2003
  • Germany
  • feature film - Drama
  • 121 min. (3322 m.)
  • Location & Studio shooting / Berlin story line

short description

Alexander concerned about his mothers health, keeps a illusionary GDR alive for another year.

Cast

Actor/-ess
Daniel Brühl (Alex Kerner)
Katrin Saß (Mutter Christiane Kerner)
Chulpan Khamatova (Lara)
Maria Simon (Ariane Kerner)
Florian Lukas (Denis)
Alexander Beyer (Rainer)
Burghart Klaußner (Vater Robert Kerner)
Michael Gwisdek (Direktor Klapprath)
Christine Schorn (Frau Schäfer)
Jürgen Holtz (Herr Ganske)
Jochen Stern (Herr Mehlert)
Stefan Walz (Sigmund Jähn)
Eberhard Kirchberg (Dr. Wagner)
Hans-Uwe Bauer (Dr. Mewes)
Jelena Kratz (Ariane, 13 Jahre)
Nico Ledermueller (Alex, 11 Jahre)
Ernst-Georg Schwill (Taxifahrer)
Jürgen Vogel (Küken)
Mennan Yapo (Händler auf dem Flohmarkt)
Svea Timander (Vaters neue Frau)
Marc Bischoff (Junger Stationsarzt)

Direction

Director
Wolfgang Becker
Assistant director
Sarah Gross
Marcus Welsch
Scott Kirby

Writing

Screenplay
Script supervisor
Caroline Veyssière

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Martin Kukula
Assistant camera / focus puller
Matthias Ganghofer
2nd Camera unit
Ralph Kächele
Optical effects
Andreas Schellenberg
Lighting design
Helmut Prein

Cutting & Mixing

Editing
Peter R. Adam
Assistant editor
Antje Zynga
Sound editor
Kai-Uwe Koch
Frank Kruse (Geräusche)
Sound
Wolfgang Schukrafft
Sound assistant
Jochen Isfort
Alexander Schaefer
Foley artist
Joern Poetzl
Audio mixing
Martin Steyer

Music

Music
Yann Tiersen

Production

Producer
Stefan Arndt
Editorial department
Katja de Bock
Andreas Schreitmüller
Line producer
Marcos Kantis
Unit production manager
Milanka Comfort
Location manager
Ines Frederich
Felix Leitermann
Post-Production
Michael Reuter

Companies

Production company
X Filme Creative Pool GmbH
in Co-Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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