Sonnenallee (1999)
- Directed by
- Leander Haußmann
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 124 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of teenagers grows up in East Berlin during the 1970s. They navigate school, romance, and their passion for Western pop music under the constraints of life behind the Berlin Wall.
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What happens
Sonnenallee (Sun Avenue or Sun Alley) is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the early 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann in his feature film debut. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee (At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee). Both the book and the screenplay were written by Thomas Brussig and while they are based on the same characters and setting, differ in storyline significantly. Both the movie and the book emphasize the importance of pop-art and in particular, pop music, for the youth of East Berlin. Sonnenallee was broadcast in the Czech Republic under the title Eastie Boys. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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