A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
The film tells of growing up in 1970s East Berlin as a colorful, fast-moving revue with pop music, wordplay and deliberately exaggerated characters. The tone is warm and nostalgic, and the humor prefers the small absurdities of daily life over big politics. It feels more like a teen comedy than a history lesson.
Good for you if you like nostalgic comedies with music and everyday absurdity set in East Germany.
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