Directed by:
Wolfgang BeckerCinematography:
Martin KukulaComposer:
Yann TiersenCast:
Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Maria Simon, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer, Burghart Klaußner, Michael Gwisdek, Marc Bischoff (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma; a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Daniel Brühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061154_6ab18f.png)
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Katrin Saß](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/265/160265667_8e0181.jpg)
Katrin Saß
East Germany
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
The Silence (2010)
![Maria Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/153/159153762_990258.jpg)
Maria Simon
East Germany
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Passing Summer (2001)
![Chulpan Khamatova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/505/162505410_947273.jpg)
Chulpan Khamatova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Tuvalu (1999)
![Florian Lukas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966877_9d7829.jpg)
Florian Lukas
East Germany
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
When We Leave (2010)
Into the White (2012)
![Alexander Beyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412624_918f73.jpg)
Alexander Beyer
East Germany
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Persian Lessons (2020)
The Fox (2023)
![Burghart Klaußner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280213_2fd1cc.jpg)
Burghart Klaußner
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Michael Gwisdek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271766_899430.jpg)
Michael Gwisdek
German Empire
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Marc Bischoff
Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
![Ernst-Georg Schwill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/038/160038888_ca25e2.jpg)
Ernst-Georg Schwill
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Strange Gardens (2003)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
![Jürgen Vogel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790903_lewix1.jpg)
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Martin Brambach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/761/168761275_84fug5.jpg)
Martin Brambach
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
The Reader (2008)
![Mennan Yapo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275853_e38677.jpg)
Mennan Yapo
Best movies:
The Pillow Book (1996)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
![Christine Schorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/472/159472462_ea2c4b.jpg)
Christine Schorn
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Mein Vater (2003) (TV movie)
![Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278931_7e83fa.jpg)
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
![Peter Kurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759770_xso4zq.jpg)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Michael Gempart
Switzerland
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
About a Girl (2014)
Chouans ! (1988)
![Fritz Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886335_7ee9b3.jpg)
Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
![Erich Honecker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901407_b02a17.jpg)
Erich Honecker
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Friendship! (2010)
![Helmut Kohl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901415_4a9702.jpg)
Helmut Kohl
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)