Alexander Beyer, Burghart Klausner, Chulpan Khamatova
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 sudd...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004
Stats: 3,108 reviews
"The country my mother left behind was a country she believed in; a country we kept alive till her last breath; a country that never existed in that form; a country that, in my memory, I will always associate with my mother."
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a ...( read more)
Alexander Beyer's performance is brilliant in this quirky German film set during the fall of the Berlin wall. Wolfgang Becker really needs to make more films.
Alex's mother falls into a coma just as the Berlin Wall comes down. Eight months later, she wakes up. Alex is told that any stress can give his mom another heart attack, so he decides to hide the fact that East Germany has fallen.
I enjoyed this movie. I could see why Alex ...( read more)
better than usual drama but nothing on inarritu. it had some slightly ironic and amusing moments but they were all only moments. also let's be honest... it's not the type of film you can watch over and over again. okay for one view but that's all... touching on the first
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Uno dei miei preferitissssimi di sempre e per sempre <3
Poi voglio dire, Daniel Brühl, ladies and gentlemen.
This is one outstanding German film of the century. At first I thought the film was going to be "dry" due to my experiences of "Communism-related" films in the past. This film is not only entertaining. It's outrageously fun filled with family love through a persistent crazy idea ...( read more)
Película alemana del año 2003 en el que un joven que vivió en la RDA (República Democrática de Alemania, Alemania Oriental) y experimentó la reunificación narra sus esfuerzos para esconderle a su madre , socialista orgullosa que acaba de salir del coma, la verdad sobre el triunfo...( read more)
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An enjoyable time at the movies, and a film that deserves the support of astute film audiences who are not bothered by reading subtitles at the movies. full review
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