After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a communist family discovers a bunker full of money soon to be worthless. With the help of their neighbors, they embark on a race against time to enter the capitalist world in style.
Acting
Sandra Hüller's desperate optimism is chef's kiss
Production
Nauseatingly perfect 1990 East German aesthetic
Writing
Dark comedy that actually understands economics
Director
Natja Brunckhorst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures 'Ostalgie' before it had a name—East Germans mourning their country while rushing to abandon it.
The bunker money plot is loosely based on true stories of GDR citizens discovering hoarded East German marks after monetary union.
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