Today in class we saw one movie called ‘Goodbye Lenin !’ I really really liked it because it talks about the fall of the Berlin Wall. This was a really important event in German history because it marks the beginning of Germany as we know it today. All of it started after the World War Two when Germany was defeated and the allies divided the territory between them. The USA, France and Great Britain unified their part of the country, that’s how the BRD was founded. While this was happening the Soviet Union was forming the DDR as a part of the country. Germany played a really important role in the conflict between capitalists and socialist blocks.

The movie is about a boy and it’s family, in which after the mother (a really good citizen dedicated to the socialist party) falls ill and in coma for 8 months. Meanwhile there are really important changes, not only in the politics and society, but also in the family. Her son has met the love of his life called Lara, so as his sister. There are new and more globalized brands etc. After eight months his mothers wakes up and in order to don’t cause her another heart attack he acts like if nothing has happened (if the DDR would still exist). He’s getting into an odyssey to find the same food and products they had in the DDR, he would try to protect his mother against the outside world but in the end he would notice that only truth can free him.

I highly recommend this movie to understand one really important part of German history but also it’s a really good movie with a captivating plot, plus you can watch it in German and practice listening skills.

Valeria