The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006)

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The «Das Leben Der Anderen» a sincere attempt (within or outside the quotation marks) look at historical events but not prevent barely be baptized as such. Risky without another operation. But how and when it is not yet the world tries to find balance with capitalism triumphant winner and to dominate entirely (in the absence of counter-power), looking at the same time that others still to be exp... read more

''To think people like you once ruled our country...''

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Martina Gedeck: Christa-Maria Sieland

Ulrich Mühe: Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler

Sebastian Koch: Georg Dreyman

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Early 1980s: the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his longtime companion and actress Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) are big intellectual stars in the socialist state. Minister of Culture Bruno Hempf becomes interested in Christa-Maria, and soon enough, secret service agent Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) must listen to Sieland and Dreymann's daily life, which gradually seems t... read more

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