Sonnenallee (1999)

Director:

Leander Haußmann

Writers:

Thomas Brussig (novel)
Detlev Buck (writer)

Release Date:

7 lokakuu 1999 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Party in WILD WILD East.

Plot:

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to...

Plot Keywords:

Border | East Germany | Teacher | Satire | Drug Abuse

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alexander Scheer	...	Michael 'Micha' Ehrenreich
Alexander Beyer	...	Mario
Katharina Thalbach	...	Mutter Ehrenreich
Teresa Weißbach	...	Miriam Sommer
Detlev Buck	...	ABV
Henry Hübchen	...	Vater Ehrenreich
Ignaz Kirchner	...	Onkel Heinz
Robert Stadlober	...	Wuschel
Annika Kuhl	...	Sabine Ehrenreich
Elena Meißner	...	Sabrina
Horst Lebinsky	...	Grenzer
Martin Moeller	...	Kosscke
Patrick Güldenberg	...	Appel
David Müller	...	Brötchen
Margit Carstensen	...	Direktorin

Also Known As:

Sun Alley (USA)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:6 (bw) | Australia:M | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Aula of Carl von Ossietzky Gymnasium, Pankow, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Boje Buck Produktion

Trivia:

Director Leander Haußmann claims that the film is not based upon Thomas Brussig' novel. According to Haußmann, he, Brussig and Detlev Buck had written the screenplay together, and Brussig had written his novel afterwords.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Herr Lehmann (2003)

Soundtrack:

Geh zu ihr

Fun and a bit of sadness to let people know about DDR

When I saw this movie I was in Germany for a period of studying with my university, and in the first days I was there, we attended a small course to let us know something more about German culture... anyway, in those first days our teacher proposed to see this movie, because she thought it could be useful for us, and she was right!! I didn't understand all the things the characters said ( I didn't know so good the language at that time ), but I could understand the major situations and make myself a small idea of the atmosphere the people in East Berlin lived in... the great thing is that they make it not with a drama, but using irony, awkward situations and lots of fun!! I will see it soon again, but I recommend it to everybody if someone wants to laugh, but also to think a bit about the problems the totalitarianism brought with it. Ciao dall'Italia!!