predictable German movie......
Added 10/17/2009
If you wanna watch a good German movie....don`t hang on this flick. This movie is predictable, silly and...******! It`s miss the point.....in contrast "Lives of the Others" goes straigt to the point....watch this instead!
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To bury the present to preserve the memory!
Added 10/5/2009
RDA: October 1990. Alex's mother, a devoted and convinced defender of the Socialist ideals wakes up after eight months in bed. It's to say she never realized about the transcendental changes.
Alex is afraid to tell her the truth about Berlin's Wall and the arrival of the capitalism at East Germany, due the fact she can get worse after her first stroke out. So he decides to create an Island of the past where nothing has happened, a sort of memory's museum making her believe nothing has changed.
A fabulous dramatic comedy which plays hard with many items all the way through.
Amazingly directed by Wolfgang Becker, awarded as the Best European film in 2003.
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Superb. Non-stop Laughter
Added 7/23/2009
A thoroughly enjoyable film. Unlike other comedies that seem to be poised to be instantly forgettable, this one lures you back to it again and again. Turns out that life behind the iron curtain can also be filled with fun and laughter.
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Many delightful ironies. Very well-done..
Added 6/23/2009
An excellent film that's easy to watch, thought-provoking, very humourous and with many moving moments on both a personal and profound historical level.
The film begins during pre-unification tensions in East Germany. As the children's father has already defected, the result is that the deserted mother pours her life and soul into the socialist ideal. With this as a background we are then brought into the reunification of East and West Germany under the guise of keeping a fragile mother, a dedicated party loyalist who's been in a coma for 8 months, under the illusion that the East and West are still separate - when in fact the wall has come down already and society has changed. The effort to keep up the facade for the sake of her well-being (she has suffered a heart attack already and the doctor warns against any further shock) proves difficult under the new conditions of having merged with the West. In the children's effort to keep up and even create the illusion of pre-unification East Germany for 'her well-being', the audience is brought into the world that was.
This is the kind of film that educates, enlightens and entertains, as it acknowledges a reality from 'the other side' and certainly one that once lurked deep in the subconscious of the whole world. It's scope goes beyond East and West Germany. For anyone that lived through the cold war, this film will stir your soul and cause you to marvel at what has been and how time changes the face of reality.
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The Fall of the Wall
Added 3/1/2009
The Kerners are a happy family. Alex (Daniel Brühl) has grown up in East Germany without his father for years; he moved to the west for another woman when the children were very young. After that Alex and his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) have taken care of their mother (Katrin Saß), a teacher for the DDR. When she succumbs to a heart attack, she falls into a coma for eight months and misses the fall of the Berlin wall and all of the changes that come with it. When she wakes, the doctors warn that any shock could cause another heart attack and kill her, so Alex and Ariane do their best to create life before the fall of the wall. It is not easy, and their deception is intricate and time consuming.
This film plays out like a typical Hollywood movie, so the language barrier is the only thing that would make this movie less popular among American audiences. The story is well played by all of the actors, especially Saß who alternates between confusion and tranqulity very well. She is the anchor holding everything together. If you're looking for a good movie that alternates between comedy and drama with historical ties, Good-bye Lenin is an excellent choice.
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