A hit in uneasily unified Germany, Wolfgang Becker's marvelously entertaining, and occasionally brilliant, political satire struck a unexpected chord with Germany's younger generation: nostalgia for the long-gone East German Democratic Republic. Ever since her husband left his East German family for a western "enemy-of-the-state girlfriend," Christiane Kerner (Katrin Sass) has dedicated her heart to the socialist fatherland. Her teenage son, Alex (Daniel Bruhl), however, is less enamoured with life in the GDR, and when Christiane sees Alex getting arrested during a rowdy protest march on the eve of the republic's 40th birthday, she suffers a heart attack that leaves ...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
118 mins