Good bye Lenin! [videorecording] / X Verleih prčasentiert eine X Filme Creative Pool produktion ; in co-produktion mit dem WestDeutschen Rundfunk ; ein film von Wolfgang Becker ; drehbuch, Bernd Lichtenberg ; co-autor, Wolfgang Becker ; produzent, Stefan Arndt. - Special ed. - Paradis distribution [2004] - 1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Videodisc release of a 2003 motion picture. Released in US by Sony Pictures Classics, Bavaria Film International. Special features: Commentaries by director, actors ; theatrical trailer ; 10 deleted scenes ; Lenin learns to fly visual-effects featurette ; making-of featurette ; uncut "Aktuelle Kamera" broadcasts.

Director of photography, Martin Kukula ; editor, Peter R. Adam ; music, Yann Tiersen. Director of photography, Martin Kukula ; editor, Peter R. Adam ; music, Yann Tiersen.

Daniel Brčuhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas.

Alex's proud, socialist mother falls into a coma for eight months. When she wakes, her heart is weak, so Alex has to keep the secret that the Berlin Wall has fallen and capitalism has triumphed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam.

MPAA rating: R; brief language and sexuality.


DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.


allemand and french audio, with french subtitles.

Deutscher Filmpreis, 2003: Audience Award, German film of the year ; Film award in gold: Outstanding feature film ; Outstanding individual achievement: actor (Brčuhl) ; Outstanding individual achievement: direction ; Outstanding individual achievement: supporting actor (Lukas) ; Outstanding individual achievement: editing ; Outstanding individual achievement: music ; Outstanding individual achievement: production design.


Mothers and sons--Germany--Drama.


Germany--History--Unification, 1990--Drama.

Mčutter und Sčohne Drama


Feature films.
Feature films--Germany.
Foreign films.
Foreign language films.

CM DVD 01100