2003 · 121 min · R

Good Bye, Lenin!

Name: Good Bye, Lenin!
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2003
Duration: 121 min
Cast: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas

Directed by Wolfgang Becker · Comedy, Drama

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) is a Comedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker set in Berlin during the 1980s–1990s. It runs 121 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of family & loyalty and memory & nostalgia play out through metafiction.

Composer

Yann Tiersen

Cinematography

Martin Kukula

Cast

Daniel BrühlKatrin SassChulpan KhamatovaMaria SimonFlorian LukasAlexander BeyerBurghart KlaußnerMichael Gwisdek

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Berlin

Setting

Urban

When

1980s 1990s

Premise & themes

Themes

Family & Loyalty Memory & Nostalgia

Structure

Metafiction

Tone

Darkly ComicMelancholicNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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Good Bye, Lenin!

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Setting

Premise & themes

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