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13/02/2003 Comedy, Drama 2h 1m
75
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Overview

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

  1. Wolfgang Becker

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Daniel Brühl

    Alex

  2. Katrin Sass

    Mother

  3. Chulpan Khamatova

    Lara

  4. Maria Simon

    Ariane

  5. Florian Lukas

    Denis

  6. Alexander Beyer

    Rainer

  7. Burghart Klaußner

    Alex's Father

  8. Michael Gwisdek

    Klapprath

  9. Christine Schorn

    Ms. Schäfer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-03-12
Daniel Brühl is on good form here in this entirely far-fetched but enjoyable drama. He and his sister “Ariane” (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their proud citizen mother (Katrin Sass) who has just been awarded a special medal for her socialist public-mindedness. The thing is, it is 1989 and the whole Honecker regime is beginning to totter. People are on the streets and one of them just happens to be “Alex”. When he gets himself apprehended by the police on the street, she tries to intervene but only manages to end up in a coma. He is promptly released and for a while he and hi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$4,800,000.00

Revenue
$79,384,880.00

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