25 October | 17:00 – Metropolis Theatre, Big Hall
26 October | 21:00 – Metropolis Theatre, Big Hall
Goodbye, Lenin! is a bittersweet reflection on lives suspended between worlds, offering a sharp portrait of a society caught between ideological promises and the starkness of its downfall.
By: Wolfgang Becker and Bernd Lichtenberg
Translated by: Elise Wilk
Dramatised by: Bernd Lichtenberg
Cast:
Alex Kerner: Niko Becker
Ariane Kerner: Cosmina Olariu
Christiane Kerner: Emilia Bebu
Robert Kerner: Cristian Popa
Denis: Iosif Paștina
Lara: Maruca Băiașu
Rainer: Nicholas Cațianis
Mrs. Schäfer: Mihaela Sîrbu
Directed by: Eugen Jebeleanu
Set design by: Velica Panduru
Set produced by: Tukuma Works
Costumes by: Carmen Secăreanu
Light design: Cristian Niculescu
Sound design: Niko Becker
Video: Iustin Șurpănelu
Assistant to the set designer: Maria Constantin
Producer: Metropolis Youth Theatre, Bucharest
Recommended age: 16+
Duration: 1h 50min (no interval)
In Romanian with English surtitles
Alex Kerner is a young man dealing with an unusual challenge. His mother, a devoted believer in the East German socialist system, falls into a coma just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. When she wakes up months later, everything has changed — the country, the regime, the entire world she once knew. Fearing that the shock could harm her fragile health, Alex goes to great lengths to maintain the illusion that nothing has changed. He recreates life in the former GDR within the walls of their apartment, producing fake news programs and staging everyday routines to keep the truth hidden.
Goodbye, Lenin! is a bittersweet story about the end of a regime, the power of love, and the ways in which political upheaval shapes personal lives.
Photos: Andrei Gîndac
