Comedy · Germany · 1999 · 1h 41m

Sonnenallee

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Director
Leander Haußmann
Cast
Alexander Scheer as Micha Alexander Beyer as Mario Katharina Thalbach as Mutter Teresa Weißbach as Miriam Detlev Buck as ABV Henry Hübchen as Father
Crew
Sandy Saffeels — Editor Paul Lemp — Original Music Composer Stephen Keusch — Original Music Composer Detlev Buck — Writer Thomas Brussig — Writer Leander Haußmann — Writer
Synopsis

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

Mood & Themes
becoming an adultgerman democratic republicneukölln
Key Collaborators
Leander Haußmann Director Sandy Saffeels Editor Paul Lemp Original Music Composer Stephen Keusch Original Music Composer Detlev Buck Writer Thomas Brussig Writer Leander Haußmann Writer Thomas Brussig Novel Detlev Buck Producer Claus Boje Producer
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