OVERVIEW
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
RUNTIME
121
GENRE
Drama, Comedy
PRODUCTION COUNTRY
Germany
DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Becker
CAST
Daniel Brühl (Alexander 'Alex' Kerner), Katrin Sass (Christiane Kerner), Chulpan Khamatova (Lara), Maria Simon (Ariane Kerner), Florian Lukas (Denis), Alexander Beyer (Rainer), Burghart Klaußner (Robert Kerner), Michael Gwisdek (Klapprath), Christine Schorn (Frau Schäfer), Jürgen Holtz (Herr Ganske), Jochen Stern (Herr Mehlert), Stefan Walz (Taxifahrer / Sigmund Jähn), Eberhard Kirchberg (Dr. Wagner), Hans-Uwe Bauer (Dr. Mewes), Jürgen Vogel (Das Küken), Elke Werner (Verkäuferin HO-Markt), Peter Kurth ("X-TV" Chef)
CREW
Wolfgang Becker (Screenplay), Bernd Lichtenberg (Screenplay), Stefan Arndt (Producer), Katja De Bock (Producer), Andreas Schreitmüller (Producer), Manuela Stehr (Producer), Marcos Kantis (Line Producer), Yann Tiersen (Original Music Composer), Martin Kukula (Director of Photography), Peter R. Adam (Editor), Simone Bär (Casting), Lothar Holler (Production Design), Matthias Klemme (Art Direction), Aenne Plaumann (Costume Design), Christian Schaefer (Set Designer), Sandra Scheucher (Script Supervisor), Michael Konstabel (Researcher), Andro Steinborn (Music Supervisor), Christine Seehofer (Assistant Costume Designer), Tommy Schulz (Gaffer), Helmut Prein (Gaffer), Ralph Kächele (Second Unit Cinematographer), Birgit Gudjonsdottir (Second Unit Cinematographer), Klemens Becker (Steadicam Operator), Jörg Widmer (Steadicam Operator), Conny Klein (Still Photographer), Dirk Plamböck (Still Photographer), Sven Asamoa (Special Effects), Thorsten Thiesse (Special Effects), Jörn Poetzl (Foley), Dirk Jacob (Sound Designer), Lars Ginzel (Sound Effects Editor), Kuen-Il Song (Sound Effects Editor), Kai-Uwe Koch (ADR & Dubbing), Björn Rehbein (Hairstylist), Heike Merker (Makeup Artist), Lena Lazzarotto (Makeup Artist), Birger Laube (Makeup Artist)
CREDITS
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE, X-Filme Creative Pool