Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Peter Joachim KrauseComposer:
Stephen KeuschCast:
Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach, Katharina Thalbach, Detlev Buck, Henry Hübchen, Annika Kuhl, Leander Haußmann (more)Plots(1)
East Germany in the 1970s, a time in which ward policemen were still around, the Soviet Union was Big Brother while the rest of the world was the class enemy, and the "anti-fascist protective barrier" (otherwise known as the Berlin Wall) had not yet fallen. It's the German Democratic Republic, the country in which Micha Ehrenreich lives. Micha lives in a street that has its long end in the west and its short end in the east: Sonnenallee. He is 17, loves pop music and Coca-Cola, and his intention to become a pop star means his clothes are just a bit too trendy for the ward policemen. The flat he lives in is cramped, the neighbour works for the Stasi, and the adults do all they can to acquire a few comforts for themselves: Coffee and nylon stockings come from Uncle Heinz in the west – a smuggler and eternal know-it-all – while the discovery by Micha's mother of a West German passport ages her by years and allows her to dream of a life "beyond the Wall"... The most important thing for Micha, however, is Miriam, the indescribable, fabulous, unattainable Miriam. Micha would do anything for her, and learns at the same time to take control over his own life. Sonnenallee: It's a place where you'll find young people, then like today, there like here. It's a place of forbidden songs and dreams, and of a great love that changes the world. A panoramic view of East Germany, told by people who were there; sentimental and comic, authentic yet full of imagination – you'll laugh your head off and enjoy it like a forbidden pleasure! (official distributor synopsis)
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I may be wronging this film with my rating, but I just didn't like it that much and to be honest I only laughed a few times. I will definitely try to watch it again in the future, as I only saw it in the original version and without subtitles the first time, and therefore couldn't enjoy the dialogue to the fullest. All in all, for me, a pretty average German comedy that I will definitely give another chance.
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