Wolfgang BeckerCast
Daniel Brühl Katrin Sass Chulpan Khamatova Florian Lukas Maria Simon Alexander Beyer
Credits
Written by: Bernd Lichtenberg
Plot
In East Berlin in 1989, a young man tries to hide the fall of the Wall from his bedridden, devout socialist mother, who has just woken from a coma, by recreating the GDR in her bedroom.
Sinekatalog’s take
A funny and touching comedy about nostalgia and change.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (161,167 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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