It's been a long time. But here it goes anyways. There's nothing funny about it. It's sad. It represents the end of everything that woman fought for in other to overcome and forget the rash reality of her past. It's drama. Poetry at best.
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One of the best plays on the political movies history, the dropped furnitures, the political and religious symbols, the advertising showing the transition from one car to another; is the transition from one kind of life to another kind, all the environment that sourrounds that woman who wakes up to that new world; and the powerfull and merciesless image of Lenin flying and leaving towards the skyes, is a fierce beating to the mind, is a fierce wipe to history. Thanks for sharing!!!. I love this kind pf moments on movies.
That's really strange: even I born in 1989 in another post USSR country for many years I felt some warm feelings to DDR and then I saw the "Goodbye, Lenin"... For me it was visualisation of the country about I heard so much from parent etc. Movie is amazing, very well filmed, with great soundtrack and also it has the "feeling".
I love this movie "Goodbye Lenin" very, very romantic. I visit East Germany the DDR for one day in East Berlin in 1985 with some of my friends in the USA military. The East Berliners the "Ossies" were very nice - sure they weren't as rich as their West German counterparts but they were ... well good people. God bless them then and now. Love this movie.
I was born in 1990 in what is now called the former USSR. I remember how in the middle of the 90-s, when I was about to go to school, my older sister "trained" me to present myself to grown-ups (I skipped kindergarten, so I had no idea, how to behave in an institution). The routine was - to state your name, age, and then I had to say, that I live on the Lenin Street, building 5, apartment number 21. I had no idea, who Lenin was. Growing up I started to learn it by myself (in school in the 90-s it was already irrelevant to know commy history). We as a family went through a very difficult time in the 90-s, our life was on the edge of poverty. As adolescent I developed strong interest for Germany - music, philosophy, science, all that fascinated me. Then in university I started to learn German language and German history. It stroke me how similar was the experience of East Germans and Russians after the collapse of commy block - from being a good comrade you quickly find yourself being no one, the state, that was supposed to help everyone, lost interest in its own citizens, it stopped paying salary, the pensions just evaporated, suddenly everybody had to fight for one selves and not treat each other as comrades. The thing is - neither East Germans, nor Russian had time during these years to have a look at each others problems, with were quite similar. Watching this film - is almost reliving your own history from the perspective of east Germans. And yeah, I rewatch it almost once a year and it's never failed to bring me to tears, not only during this scene, but throughout the movie. And outstanding plot with so many overlapping themes, almost like a greek tragedy, but a bit postmodern. And yeah, to make it clear - I'm not longing for soviet times, I'm just saying, that those time were such a huge watershed, that even a story of one family resonates huge in the context of history in the making. The film deserves all the accolades
This has always been one of my favorite scenes in cinema and I think it was, when filmed, remains, today, and will be, forever, one of the most beautiful, poignant, beautiful and masterfully orchestrated and cinematographed (if that’s a word) scenes in film history
Provo sempre un brivido quando vedo questa scena , un trasporto emozionale Si percepisce l'unicità dell'evento storico e la tristezza della fine di un sogno bellissimo rivelatosi irrealizzabile
Legendary scene from a great movie. As Lenin disappears once and for all (?) by the beams of the descending Sun on the West, AND the soundtrack...makes me feel hot, frozen, makes me cry and laugh at the same time!!!
This is a great scene. Very well done. The idea is stolen from "La Dolce Vita" but it doesn't matter at all. In this film the idea is placed in pure feeling and is, by far, much deeper than in the Fellini's version. I love it.
Questa è una delle scene + belle del cinema mondiale. Musica perfetta...immagini emozionanti, logica del film geniale e fantastica, film da oscar per quanto mi riguarda!!
A beautiful scene. I love this movie. I was too young to experience East Germany, but I took German from 7th grade through getting a degree in German language and culture. My professors who lived and traveled extensively in divided Germany had a certain sympathy for Ostalgie, but didn't forget that you payed for the simplicity of your lifestyle with your freedom. The Stasi was a real nightmare and even the people who remember certain things fondly would not wish to be back there.
I've never lived under the regime of communism, but this scene somehow bought me back to the nostalgic feelings of the 80s, when the world was in chaos of cold war. Now that communism in Germany is long gone, the legacy of the life under it still remains a great memory of the people who lived then. This is one of the best cinemas in my mind.
Arguably my favorite scene from one of my favorite movies. I got a lot of German history as part of my German degree and it was interesting to see how "ostalgie" influences modern German culture - a lot of East German products have been resurrected in recent years for those who miss them. I think I would be able to sympathize a lot more with the longing for a "simpler life" displayed in this film if the East German government hadn't been so dictatorial and abusive.
It seems to me that no one knows how to make such sad films as the Germans. Although I have only watched a couple of German films, they are the only ones that really impressed me
I remember as a little kid the year 1990. Me and my parents drove for half an hour in our Trabant to eat at this place called "McDonalds". I had a happy meal and a coke. Still remeber, since it was the first time I ever ate something so peculiar.
@chankljp That's the thing about nostalgia, it ignores all the things that are negative and instead focuses on the positive side, however few they are.
My initial thought was before this scene, when the baby was playing at the window, I thought it was going to jump out after the blimp and cause the mother to have another heart attack, but that didn't happen, which was good because that would have been absolutely tragic. On that note, FANTASTIC FILM!
@Yora21 Ich hab's leider nie im Kino gesehen, nur noch ein Video irgendwo herumliegen...aber selbst auf 'nem TV-Bildschirm ist es super beeindruckend, und, ja, verstörend.
Daan Willemsen The statue of Lenin was destroyed because he was atheist? Because he said the true about religion? Some thing like religion is political opium for people... If not why in Ukraine their bloody angel is there in center of city? Because if you follow to bible an angel is assassin who are killing innocent children. This things now in Ukraine, Georgia, Russia. Is it dictatorship, totalitarianism of religions?
+HGalo Mertud erm, it's because East Germans cease to exist and communism government in its area being changed to incorporate and unified Germany maybe?
Wasita Bagus Capitalistic West are destroys ideologically alien elements Like "Need to distroy all reminders, to clear human memory from enemy ideology that can bring dangers for system" Capitalism and only it no need to know nothing more, only Capitalism is bring good for you other is danger for you must to distroy it Good bleez Capitalism Say more Capitalism is true god!
its a reference to La Dolce Vita. in the first scene they are flying Jesus over the city of Rome and flirting with sunbathing women on the rooftops. but I did really see a truck driving down karl marx allee (berlin) in 2004 with the heads of lenin and marx on it.
Actually, the movie gives a great stab also on consumism, bringing the idea of a simpler life, and the unnecessariness of the Western products (Christianne sees no difference whatsoever in the products, Alex changing only the pack). It's also unnecessary to bring back Eastern products, it's just another kind of weird fetiche (just like Che t-shirts).
please upload the whole movie! bitte setzen die ganze film am internet! (oder so) Zet alsjeblieft de hele film hier op de site!! wil hem heel graag helemaal zien!
Obviously, I know very well what I'm talking about. I've lived there for 6 years and still am...sort of living there, just across the border from the mainland.
Everytime i see this scene, and the Lenin statues fly away, I just can't hold myself of not crying. It was once a belief of many good will people u know...and there was nothing wrong with the idelogoy even though it was abit utopical...but ppl have the right to dream, right?
I also don't see how the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is germane to this beautiful film. Other idiots discussing this film see it as an opportunity to choose a side in the Cold War,which is over, and bash the other side. It's simply a beautiful nostalgic film about a boy who loves his Mom!