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The Lives of Others

Das Leben der Anderen

Germany

2006

137 Min

German

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

PROD Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann

SCR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

DP Hagen Bogdanski

CAST Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

Synopsis

In 1984, Communist East Germany, every kind of human action is strictly controlled and monitored by the government. Captain Gerd Wiesler is one of the top agents of the stage police, and for his next mission he must spy on a playwright who might be a threat to the government in the future. Captain Wiesler moves into a new apartment a floor above the writer and starts to record in-detail the everyday life of him and his girlfriend. Yet as Captain Wiesler spies on the couple, he forms an unusual platonic bond with them, which will, ultimately, not only change his life, but also the lives of the others surrounding him…

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keldons

6Feb10

Its not very often that I will expect a lot from a film and still be blown away. The music was invasive in some parts, and it was very straightforward, but the film still managed to get under my skin. Powerful.

Olivier Van der Linden

27Jan10

I could agree with you, but I saw it for a second time, and I must say I really like the subtlety of this movie a lot! The political plot outside the filmed movie is a bit hazy, could have had more attention. As a whole, the movie leaves me with a very unique feeling, which makes me have a lot of affection with story told underneath: the shear modesty, and the heartfulness of its message only deserve my utter respect… more

thedoctor_isin

12Jan10

Very good. Even very great. But it could have been more engaging as a spy/political thriller and less sappy as a romantic drama. Very much worth seeing, but I don't think a second viewing is necessary.

Vincent Bergeron

26Dec09

Thought it was too shy and con\ventional, far from what Fassbinder would have been able to do with the same subject. We are more conventional than we think in the 00's...