Alexander Kerner Somehow my scheme had taken on a life of its own. The GDR I created for her increasingly became the one I might have wished for.
Most-quoted character in Good Bye Lenin! (2003): in 9 of its 12 quotes
A line from Alexander KernerAre you serious?! This is 30,000 Marks! [The bank teller says his time is up] Your time is up, too! We used this money for 40 years and now you Wessies think you can tell us it's worthless!? [Bank security men arrive] Let go of me! [Alex shouts at the customers] What are you looking at? It was your money, too!
More lines from Alexander Kerner
3 quotes Alexander Kerner Alexander Kerner After over a year, it was time to end the scheme. But unlike in real life, the GDR would get the sendoff it deserved.
Alexander Kerner My mother outlived the GDR by three days. I believe it was a good thing she never learned the truth. She died happy. She wanted us to scatter her ashes to the winds. That's prohibited in Germany, both East and West. But we didn't care. She's up there somewhere now. Maybe looking down at us. Maybe she sees us as tiny specks on the Earth's surface, just like Sigmund Jähn did back then. The country my mother left behind was a country she believed in; a country we kept alive till her last breath; a country that never existed in that form; a country that, in my memory, I will always associate with my mother.
Scenes with Alexander Kerner
5 scenes
Dr. Wagner
You must protect her from any kind of excitement. And I do mean any kind, Mr. Kerner.
Alexander Kerner Any kind of excitement.
Dr. Wagner
It would be life-threatening.
Alexander Kerner And this here? [Shows the doctor a newspaper reading "Good Luck, Germany. Yes to Reunification"]
Alexander Kerner Wouldn't you call this exciting?
Alexander Kerner All this stuff has to go. Are the old curtains in the cellar?
Ariane Kerner
You can't be serious.
Ariane Kerner
You were in a coma. Eight months ago.
Christiane Kerner
Eight months? What happened?
Ariane Kerner
Yeah, it was...
Alexander Kerner It was in October, in the supermarket. There was this enormous queue and it was really hot and you just passed out.
Christiane Kerner
In October?
Alexander Kerner It was an unusually hot October day.
Denis Eighth floor?
Alexander Kerner Yup.
Denis Elevator?
Alexander Kerner Broken.
Denis Shit.
Alexander Kerner You can say that again.
Where to?
Alexander Kerner Wannsee
I know what you think. Everyone does. But I'm not him.
