Alex Kerner
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Alex Kerner is the idealistic young protagonist of the German film "Good Bye, Lenin!", who stages an elaborate ruse to protect his fragile mother from learning about the fall of East Germany.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Good Bye, Lenin! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ostalgie
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ protective ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Bernd Lichtenberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolfgang Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kerner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
drama
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | German ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Good Bye, Lenin! (2003 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | protect his mother from shock ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRelationship |
brother-sister relationship with Ariane Kerner
ⓘ
son-mother relationship with Christiane Kerner ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | German ⓘ |
| majorEventWitnessed |
collapse of the GDR
ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
recreating GDR-era apartment environment
ⓘ
staging fake GDR news broadcasts ⓘ |
| mother | Christiane Kerner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | East German ⓘ |
| notableWork | elaborate ruse to hide fall of GDR from his mother ⓘ |
| occupation |
satellite dish installer
ⓘ
television repairman ⓘ |
| partOf | Good Bye, Lenin! narrative ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
German Democratic Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
reunification of Germany ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Daniel Brühl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Lara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| sibling | Ariane Kerner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
family loyalty
ⓘ
memory and identity ⓘ political change ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ |
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