In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director
Wolfgang Becker
Writers
Wolfgang Becker
Bernd Lichtenberg
Cast
Daniel Brühl as Alexander "Alex" Kerner
Nico Ledermüller as 11-year-old Alex
Katrin Sass as Christiane Kerner
Chulpan Khamatova as Lara
Maria Simon as Ariane Kerner
Florian Lukas as Denis Domaschke
Alexander Beyer as Rainer
Burghart Klaußner as Robert Kerner
Michael Gwisdek as Klapprath
Christine Schorn as Frau Schäfer
Jürgen Holtz as Herr Ganske
Jochen Stern as Herr Mehlert
Stefan Walz as a Sigmund Jähn look-alike taxi-driver
Eberhard Kirchberg as Dr. Wagner
Hans-Uwe Bauer as Dr. Mewes
