Search - Good Bye, Lenin! [Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 08/10/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: German Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 1 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Comedy Drama, Political Satire, Coming-of-Age, Domestic Comedy See Also: Good Bye Lenin

A dedicated young German boy pulls off an elaborate scheme to keep his mother in good health in this comedy drama from director Wolfgang Becker. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, Alex's (Daniel Brühl) socialist mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass), remains comatose through the fall of the Berlin wall and the German Democratic Republic. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal upon his mother's awakening, Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible. Keeping their apartment firmly rooted in the past, Alex's scheme works for a while, but it's not long before his mother is feeling better and ready to get up and around again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Daniel Brühl - Alex
Katrin Sass - Christiane Kerner
Chulpan Khamatova - Lara
Maria Simon - Ariane
Florian Lukas - Denis
Alexander Beyer - Rainer
Burghart Klaußner - Robert Kerner
Michael Gwisdek - Principal Dr. Klapprath