Special Festival Program: Five Films From Five Decades German Film Festival | 2000s: Goodbye, Lenin!

The Goethe-Institut celebrates 50 years in Australia

This year’s German Film Festival features a special program curated by the Goethe-Institut in celebration of our 50th year in Australia. To celebrate, our teams in Melbourne and Sydney hand-picked a film highlight from each of these five decades… join us on this exhilarating time-travel expedition through the 70s with the Tin Drum, the 80s with Solo Sunny, the 90s with Run Lola Run, the 00s with Goodbye, Lenin! and the 10s with Victoria...

2000s: Goodbye, Lenin!

• 2003 | 121 min | Germany | Comedy, Drama, Romance
• DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Becker
• CAST: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß,Florian Lukas, Chulpan Khamatova
• LANGUAGE: German and Russian with English subtitles
• ABOUT: In his breakout role, Daniel Brühl stars in this charming comedy as a young man who must protect his fragile mother, recently awoken from a coma, from learning that her beloved East Germany is no more after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• PRESS: “Incredible, clever, poignant… combines satire of the communist state and its desperate and sentimental delusions and state-sponsored infantilism, with a love story” – The Guardian
• AWARDS: WINNER 8x German Film Award 2003, WINNER 3x European Film Awards 2003, WINNER Best Film from the EU, César Awards 2004

--- The Five Films ---


1970s: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel)

1980s: Solo Sunny

1990s: Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)

2000s: Goodbye, Lenin!

2010s: Victoria


--- Screening Details ---


Sydney | Palace Chauvel

• Mon, 6 June | 8:15pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Tue, 7 June | 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
• Wed, 8 June | 8:15pm | Solo Sunny
• Sun, 12 June | 7:00pm | Run Lola Run
• Sat, 11 June | 7:15pm | Victoria

Melbourne | The Astor Theatre

• Mon, 30 May | 7:30pm | The Tin Drum
• Sun, 5 June | 12:00pm | Solo Sunny
• Sun, 12 June | 4:00pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Mon, 13 June | 7:30pm | Victoria
• Thus, 16 June | 7:00pm | Run Lola Run

Melbourne | Pentridge Cinema

• Sat, 4 June 5:30pm | Run Lola Run
• Sun, 5 June 7:15pm | Victoria
• Sat, 11 June 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
• Sun, 12 June | 4:20pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Sun, 19 June | 4:00pm | Solo Sunny

Canberra | Palace Electric

• Wed, 8 June | 5:45pm | The Tin Drum
• Fri, 10 June | 8:30pm | Victoria
• Sat, 11 June | 1:45pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Wed, 15 June | 6:00pm | Solo Sunny
• Sun, 19 June | 4:20pm | Run Lola Run

Brisbane | Palace James St

• Sun, 5 June | 4:00pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Tue, 7 June | 8:30pm | Solo Sunny
• Fri, 10 June | 5:30pm | The Tin Drum
• Sat, 11 June | 1:00pm | Run Lola Run
• Sat, 18 June | 8:00pm | Victoria

Adelaide | Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas

• Sun, 5 June | 3:45pm | Run Lola Run
• Tue, 14 June | 8:30pm | The Tin Drum
• Wed, 15 June | 8:10pm | Solo Sunny
• Sat, 18 June | 7:00pm | Victoria
• Sun, 19 June | 3:30pm | Good Bye, Lenin!

Perth | Luna Leederville

• Tue, 7 June | 8:50pm | Solo Sunny
• Friday 10 June | 8:40pm | Good Bye, Lenin!
• Wed,15 June | 8:15pm | Victoria
• Sat, 18 June | 1:40pm | Run Lola Run
• Mon, 20 June | 8:30pm | The Tin Drum

The German Film Festival is presented by Palace Cinemas and German Films. For tickets and further information please head to the GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL website.

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