If you have had such an experience, you’ll relate to the story and humor behind the German film, Good Bye, Lenin. If you haven’t, you should see it anyway. American movie goers haven’t been treated to ...

Living under communist rule required a certain suspension of reality. Citizens in East Germany and the Soviet Union had to simultaneously believe that life under their systems was progressing even as ...

Ukraine's largest monument to Vladimir Lenin is finally coming down, and you can join local spectators in watching the whole ordeal live. Ukraine’s largest statue ...

LONDON — Wolfgang Becker’s “Good Bye, Lenin!” leads the nominations for this year’s European Film Awards, with five nods, followed by Stephen Frears’ “Dirty Pretty Things” and Lars Von Trier’s ...

BERLIN — Germany’s blockbuster hit “Good Bye, Lenin!” will lead the field at the European Film Awards competition Saturday with five nominations, while the British films “Dirty Pretty Things” and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wolfgang Becker, film director, speaks during an interview in his studio. Carsten Koall/dpa Wolfgang Becker, the director of the ...

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Germany's not a country renowned for its sense of humor, so the pragmatic whimsy that rises from director Wolfgang Becker's affectionate but prickly serio-comedy "Good Bye, Lenin!" comes as a bracing ...

A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy set against a tumultuous, roughly year-long period during German reunification in late 1989 and 1990, "Good Bye Lenin!" is a treat for auds of all nations ...

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