THE
LIVES
OF OTHERS
(Das
Leben
der
Anderen)
With
Martina
Gedeck,
Ulrich
Mühe,
Sebastian
Koch,
Thomas
Thieme,
Ulrich
Tukur,
Volkmar
Kleinert,
Hans-Uwe
Bauer,
Charly
Hübner
Written
&
Directed
by Florian
Henckel
von
Donnersmarck
It is
the
mid-‘80s
in Berlin.
Hauptmann
Gerd
Wiesler,
a surveillance
agent
of the
secret
police
becomes
embroiled
in one
of his
subjects,
a playwright
Georg
Dreyman
and
his
lover,
actress
Christa-Maria
Sieland.
With
rampant
suspicion
of disloyalty
to The
Party,
they
are
singled
out
for
closer
observation
(although
the
true
motivation
is the
Minister
Of Culture’s
interest
in Christa).
But
events
turn
to such
an extent
that
Wiesler
starts
to question
his
own
loyalty
when
serious
evidence
comes
to light.
With
great
performances,
a tense
dramatic
pace
and
bleak
depiction
of this
doomed
regime,
this
film
deservedly
won
the
Oscar
for
best
foreign
film
in 2007.
PS.
A documentary
on that
time
in Berlin,
the
secret
police
and
surveillance
would've
been
a great
addition.
5
/ C
- Paul
Blom
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