Good Bye, Lenin!

Good Bye, Lenin! Movie Poster Country Germany Directed by Wolfgang Becker Release Date February 13, 2003 Language German Studio X-Filme Creative Pool Distributor X Verleih AG Main Cast Character Actor Alexander Kerner Daniel Brühl Christiane Kerner Katrin Sass Ariane Kerner Maria Simon Lara Tschulpan Chamatowa Denis Florian Lukas Rainer Alexander Beyer Alex' Father Burghart Klaußner

Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German movie directed by Wolfgang Becker. East Berlin, summer 1990: Shortly before the end of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the committed socialist Christiane Kerner falls into a coma because she observes her son Alexander being arrested during an anti-GDR demonstration. Months later, she awakens, and because her weak heart is in explicit need of care, she is not to learn anything of the dramatic innovations with the demise of the GDR. Alex, supported by his sister Ariane and his work colleague Denis, arranges everything in the already newly styled apartment again according to GDR "chic" and makes sure that nothing in the field of vision of the person in need of care betrays the changes.

The following weapons were used in the film Good Bye, Lenin!:

Rifles

SKS

East-German Nationale Volksarmee soldiers of the Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment can be seen performing the changing of the guard in front of the Neue Wache building with SKS rifles.

Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The East-German variant has a slot cut in the stock for the sling.

NVA soldiers doing the ceremony.

Karabiner 98k

One of the NVA soldiers shoulders a Karabiner 98k which is incorrect for the regiment. Nevertheless, the Kar98k is still used today by the Wachbataillon of the Bundeswehr during the slightly modified ceremony.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The commanding officer (Hartmut Kuley) with his carbine.

Other

Holster

Volkspolizei officers and border guards are seen with holsters for Makarov PM pistols. It is hard to figure out if the pistols are inside.

Volkspolisten with their holsters.

"At the beginning of June 1990, the borders of our German democratic republic were no longer worth anything."
Alex (Daniel Brühl) describing the scene with an inner monologue shows his passport to a border guard with which a picture is taken. Note the holster on the left.

Footage

During footage of the introduction of the West German currency (D-Mark), a policeman is seen holding an MPi-KMS-72.

MPi-KMS-72 - 7.62x39mm

The officer guards the money with his MPi.