Released Date:
1997-03-20
Languages:
German
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (1522 Reviews)
Director:
Wolfgang BeckerWolfgang Becker
Tom Tykwer
Jan Nebel is young man who is fired from his job at the slaughterhouse after he beats up two civil-dressed cops at a street riot. Soon thereafter his father dies, and Jan moves to his apartment, sharing it with former co-worker Buddy and girlfriend Vera.
Released Date:
2004-05-14
Languages:
German, English, Russian
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
121 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (107240 Reviews)
Director:
Wolfgang BeckerBernd Lichtenberg
Wolfgang Becker (author)
Achim von Borries (collaborator on screenplay)
Hendrik Handloegten (collaborator on screenplay)
Christoph Silber (collaborator on screenplay)
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot.
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