Wolfgang Becker, the German filmmaker whose reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin! was a worldwide hit and made a star out of the then-unknown young actor Daniel Brühl, has died. He was 70. Becker’s ...

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This article was updated at 8:27 p.m. BERLIN — Wolfgang Becker’s blockbuster comedy “Good Bye, Lenin!” on Saturday dominated the European Film Awards, winning six top prizes. Pic, about a young man’s ...

German reunification was not a marriage of equals. "East Germany was just overtaken by the west," said German filmmaker Wolfgang Becker. "There was nothing left of their everyday life." Almost ...

Germany's not a country renowned for its sense of humor, so the pragmatic whimsy that rises from director Wolfgang Becker's affectionate but prickly serio-comedy "Good Bye, Lenin!" comes as a bracing ...

Considering what a monumental event it's been in the history of our planet, the fall of communism in Europe almost a decade and a half ago has inspired amazingly few memorable films on the subject -- ...