Wolfgang Becker	...	(Director)
Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg	...	(Writer)
Daniel Brühl	...	Alex
Katrin Saß	...	Mutter (Christiane Kerner) (as Kathrin Sass)
Chulpan Khamatova	...	Lara
Maria Simon	...	Ariane Kerner
Florian Lukas	...	Denis
Alexander Beyer	...	Rainer
Burghart Klaußner	...	Alex' Vater
Michael Gwisdek	...	Klapprath
Christine Schorn	...	Frau Schäfer
Jürgen Holtz	...	Herr Ganske
Jochen Stern	...	Herr Mehlert
Stefan Walz	...	Sigmund Jähn
Eberhard Kirchberg	...	Dr. Wagner
Hans-Uwe Bauer	...	Dr. Mewes
Nico Ledermueller	...	Alex (11 Jahre) (as Nico Ledermüller)

Comments: Die DDR lebt weiter -- auf 79 qm!

Summary: In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma; a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.