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Good Bye Lenin!

2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker
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Summary

Good Bye Lenin! is a film[1]. Good Bye Lenin! ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,413 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: César Award for Best Film from the European Union[3], European Film Award for Best Film[4], European Film Award for Best Director[5], European Film Award for Best Actor[6], European Film Award for Best Screenwriter[7], European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director[8], Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor[9], Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress[10]
  • Director: Wolfgang Becker[11]
  • Screenwriter: Wolfgang Becker[12], Bernd Lichtenberg[13], Achim von Borries[14], Hendrik Handloegten[15], Christoph Silber[16]
  • Composer: Yann Tiersen[17]
  • Genre: drama film[18], coming-of-age film[19], comedy film[20]
  • Cast member: Daniel Brühl[21], Katrin Sass[22], Chulpan Khamatova[23], Maria Simon[24], Alexander Beyer[25], Florian Lukas[26], Christine Schorn[27], Michael Gwisdek[28], Burghart Klaußner[29], Jürgen Holtz[30], Jochen Stern[31], Stefan Walz[32], Hans-Uwe Bauer[33], Martin Brambach[34]
  • Producer: Stefan Arndt[35], Manuela Stehr[36], Andreas Schreitmüller[37], Katja De Bock[38]
  • Production company: X-Filme Creative Pool[39]
  • Director of photography: Martin Kukula[40]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[41]
  • Soundtrack release: Good Bye Lenin![42]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[43]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[44], 7,7/10[45], 91%[46], 68/100[47]
  • Color: color[48]
  • Country of origin: Germany[49]
  • Publication date: February 9, 2003[50], February 13, 2003[51], September 10, 2003[52], May 14, 2004[53], December 25, 2003[54]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures[55]

Why It Matters

Good Bye Lenin! has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Good Bye Lenin! is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did Good Bye Lenin! receive?

Honors received include César Award for Best Film from the European Union[3], European Film Award for Best Film[4], European Film Award for Best Director[5], and European Film Award for Best Actor[6].

Related Entities

Chulpan Khamatova Daniel Brühl film Germany Warner Bros. Pictures Yann Tiersen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [12] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [23] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [24] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [26] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [28] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [29] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [30] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [31] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [32] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [33] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [34] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [35] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [4] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [5] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [6] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [7] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [8] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [9] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [10] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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