I saw this film years ago, and then bought a DVD copy a few months back. It's about an East Berlin family, set mostly during 1989-1990, the period which saw the end of East Germany. (Well, the end of the East German state. The land and the people are still there.) Highly comedic elements, but also a very dark and depressing side to this film.
Popped it into the machine on Friday, without even thinking that Friday was the 24th anniversary of the end of the DDR. I finally realised the significance of the date I had chosen to watch it, near the end of the film, as there is a specific reference to the date therein.
I went to Berlin for the first, and so far, only time in my life a few months back. Watching it after having been to Berlin makes it a rather different experience. I'm not sure, but I think I might actually have caught a glimpse of the hotel I stayed in at one point.
So bye bye DDR, I never got to know you in person, but sometimes I feel like I did, just a little bit.