The Russian writer Olga Slavnikova has released a bestseller novel "Bessmertnyj" in October 2001, which has a similar plot as the movie. The story in the book is about an elder citizen of Ekatirenburg, who is a paralyzed veteran of WW2. His daughter tries to make his life easier by creating him an alternative world, which is ruled by the Soviet party, which requires recreation of video material about the USSR. Also the man dies by an infarct. Because of the similarities, Slavnikova announced that she will sue the creators of "Good Bye Lenin!" for plagiarism. However a trial has not been done, which was also advised by the Russian media to Slavnikova not to do it. Futhermore the movie filming was already in progress when the book was released, which means, the screenplay was ready before the book was released.

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