listen, watch, learn...

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 to fascinate him more and more...

Get ready to be transported to the world of East Germany before the fall of the wall. A well-directed, disturbing movie with great actors and excellent script.

This is a very much underrated film that deserves to be seen.


9/10