Good Bye, Lenin!
2003 · 121 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 155,814 VOTES · DIR. Wolfgang Becker
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,107 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:46 Look here. Here into the camera.
00:06:18 in the air and the animals on the ground...
00:09:59 Fullstop. Even in the GDR, there are not only young princesses on ice and...
00:17:04 she circled like a satellite around the events happening...
00:21:18 And during the doctor's round, she chews on her fingernails.
00:26:03 To the World Cup! - To the future! - To us!
00:30:58 What's happened? - You collapsed.
00:34:40 What're you doing sniffling in my cupboard? - Not in your cupboard. That's from the old clothes collection.
00:38:54 Oh, Alex...?
00:43:18 maybe now would be best.
00:49:20 As if the fucking gherkins weren't enough trouble already. Now she wants to watch TV.
00:52:26 Ever since your father...
00:56:48 Dear Christiane!
01:00:15 And, by any rate, I can't think of a better family than ours.
01:03:43 Coca Cola group has suffered against the VEB Drink Collective Combine Leipzig...
01:08:02 And mother kept on getting better.
01:11:04 20 years in the GDR didn't harm our health, did they?
01:16:48 Now we'll show Alex, what we can do, okay?
01:23:28 But how do you think we can? I mean, there's no room left in here.
01:28:22 They made things so hard for him. Just because he wasn't in the party.
01:35:58 I won't be long.
01:40:47 Mum's dying.
01:46:55 The new head of state addressed the GDR's population in the evening.
30:00:00 for 40 damned years!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,107
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line30:00:00
Production Record
DirectorWolfgang Becker
LanguageGerman
Budget$4,800,000
Revenue$79,384,880
IMDb votes155,814