10 German films to see before you die!

Good Bye, Lenin! - 2003
Humour doesn’t spring to mind when you think of the GDR and East Berlin, but this film takes a surprisingly comical standpoint. The ‘tragicomedy’ follows a young East Berliner called Alex who tries to conceal the fall of the Wall and the end of communism from his staunchly socialist but very ill mother. As signs of capitalism start springing up everywhere, the film deals with the whole idea of ‘Ostalgie’ – nostalgia for East Germany – and it is a funny yet emotional watch.