Good Bye Lenin! (2003) 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: Bernd Lichtenberg, Achim von Borries (collaborator on screenplay) Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova