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Sonnenallee
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Sonnenallee

1999-10-07 · 101 min · ★ 6.7

Comedy

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

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Production details

Directors
Leander Haußmann
Production companies
Boje Buck Produktion GmbH, Sat.1, Ö-Filmproduktion
Countries
Germany
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 12,891,924

Top Cast

Alexander ScheerAlexander ScheerMicha
Alexander BeyerAlexander BeyerMario
Katharina ThalbachKatharina ThalbachMutter
Teresa WeißbachTeresa WeißbachMiriam
Detlev BuckDetlev BuckABV
Henry HübchenHenry HübchenFather
Ignaz KirchnerIgnaz KirchnerHeinz
Robert StadloberRobert StadloberWuschel
Annika KuhlAnnika KuhlSabine
Elena MeißnerSabrina
Horst LebinskyBoard Patrolman
Martin MoellerKosske
Patrick GüldenbergPatrick GüldenbergAppel
Margit CarstensenMargit CarstensenDirector
Minh-Khai Phan-ThiMinh-Khai Phan-ThiVietnamese Guest
Waldemar KobusWaldemar KobusSamson
Ezard HaußmannEzard HaußmannMan with Director
Winfried GlatzederWinfried GlatzederPaul
Andreas PietschmannAndreas PietschmannSheikh of Berlin
David MüllerBrötchen

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