A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy set against a tumultuous, roughly year-long period during German reunification in late 1989 and 1990, "Good Bye Lenin!" is a treat for auds of all nations ...

BERLIN — Germany’s blockbuster hit “Good Bye, Lenin!” will lead the field at the European Film Awards competition Saturday with five nominations, while the British films “Dirty Pretty Things” and ...

Wolfgang Becker, the German filmmaker whose reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin! was a worldwide hit and made a star out of the then-unknown young actor Daniel Brühl, has died. He was 70. Becker’s ...

Considering what a monumental event it's been in the history of our planet, the fall of communism in Europe almost a decade and a half ago has inspired amazingly few memorable films on the subject -- ...

film profile] by Wolfgang Becker. It had its premiere at the 2003 Berlinale, where it immediately won its first prize, as Best European Film. It then went on to collect a further series of prizes, ...

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Germany's not a country renowned for its sense of humor, so the pragmatic whimsy that rises from director Wolfgang Becker's affectionate but prickly serio-comedy "Good Bye, Lenin!" comes as a bracing ...

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October, 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany--and this is precisely what happened to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she ...