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    Added on: 1/3/2004 11:58
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    Goodbye Lenin! (UK)

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    What begins as a little white lie, soon turns into a major deception!
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 116 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    The year is 1989 and East and West Germany are still divided. Alex (Daniel Brühl) and his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their single mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass) who is a staunch Socialist. When Alex`s mother witnesses his arrest on a protest march, she suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma for eight months, just enough time for the Berlin wall to come tumbling down along with all of East Germany`s ideals.

    Eight months later, Christiane wakes up and things have changed. The doctors warn Alex that any shock could bring on a fatal heart attack. He then realises he must convince his mother that her beloved Communism has not been overthrown but is in fact triumphing over Capitalism. Alex then sets out to recreate every detail of the old East inside the four walls of their tiny council flat... what begins as a little white lie, soon turns into a major deception!

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    Directed By:
    Wolfgang Becker

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Florian Lukas
    Chulpan Khamatova
    Maria Simon
    Katrin Saß
    Daniel Brühl

    Casting By:
    Simone Baer

    Soundtrack By:
    Yann Tiersen
    Xaver Naudascher

    Director of Photography:
    Martin Kukula

    Editor:
    Peter R. Adam

    Costume Designer:
    Aenne Plaumann

    Production Designer:
    Lothar Holler
    Daniele Drobny

    Producer:
    Stefan Arndt

    Distributor:
    Twentieth Century Fox

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