Sonnenallee (1999)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Leander Haußmann

Writers:

Thomas Brussig (novel)
Detlev Buck (writer)

Release Date:

7 October 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:

East Germany | Dream Sequence | Defloration | Street In Title | Drunkenness

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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
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:

Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen

Great way to look at History!!!!! :-)

When I first saw this movie I watched it from a unique perspective. Actually, two unique perspectives... One is that of an American and the other is that of a German. I see this film as a giant leap in German culture. You may be asking yourself why... It is a comedy, not a drama, the acting is good but not stellar, and the film is only about a small portion of German culture (that doesn't even exist anymore). How can a movie like that be a major step in German culture? I'll tell you... This movie deals with History. Not just history, modern history. the ONLY people in Germany who haven't lived through this period in History are children under the age of 9 (as of the release of this film in 1999) EVERYONE was touched by the cold war and the split of Germany into east and west. In my opinion, the day a culture can joke about its history is the day in which they have come to terms with what happened and have accepted the facts... Sonnenallee is the first film (to my knowledge) that has satirized former East Germany and its everyday life (including the Stasi...secret service and the Grenzpolizei.. boarder patrol) To me this shows that the Germans have accepted their history and are ready to move on... Bravo!!!!! :-)