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Wolfgang Becker, ‘Goodbye, Lenin!’ Director, Dies at 70
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Hilary Lewis
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Acclaimed German director Wolfgang Becker, best known for the global hit 'Good Bye, Lenin!', passes away at 70 after a long illness.
beat sheet
- Becker co-founded the influential Berlin production company X Filme Creative Pool in 1994, which revitalized the German film scene with hits like 'Run Lola Run' and 'Go for Zucker!'
- Becker's last film, 'The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station', was a real-life drama about an East German signalman who helped over 100 people escape the GDR through his station in Berlin.
call sheet
Wolfgang Becker, Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Stefan Arndt, Dani Levy, Tom Tykwer, Susanne Becker, Rike Becker, X Filme Creative Pool, German Film and Television Academy, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Good Bye, Lenin!, Butterflies, Das Leben ist eine Baustelle, Run Lola Run, Go for Zucker!, I And Kaminski, Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse