
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 1989 & East & West Germany are still divided Alex (Daniel Bruhl) & his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their single mother Christiane (Katrin Sass) who is a staunch Socialist When Alex&s mother witnesses his arrest on a protest march she suffers a heart attack & falls into a coma for eight months just enough time for the Berlin wall to come tumbling down along with all of East Germany&s ideals Eight months later Christiane wakes up & things have changed The doctors warn Alex that any shock could bring on a fatal heart attack He then realises he must convince his mother that her beloved Communism has not been overthrown but is in fact triumphing over Capitalism Alex then sets out to recreate every detail of the old East inside the four walls of their tiny council flat what begins as a little white lie soon turns into a major deception! Promotional trailer Interactive menu Scene access Actors Daniel Bruhl Katrin Sass Maria Simon & Chulpan Khamatova Director Wolfgang Becker Certificate 15 years & over Year 2003 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages German
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages German Dolby Digital (20) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players