The Lives of Others : Das Leben der Anderen

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Interview with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; making-of featurette.
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Volkmar Kleinert, Matthias Brenner, Charly Hübner.
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. Wiesler's sympathies shift from the government to its people - or at least to this one particular person.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Brilliant and beautiful film submitted by mccarthy on September 24, 2011, 8:33pm This is a beautiful movie. The characters, the story, the connections, the message. Very worthwhile.
Thank you Ulrich Mühe, RIP.

lives of others submitted by hcf on July 31, 2014, 1:49pm oh get this movie! it is such a beautiful story. have your tissues nearby.

A Masterpiece. MUST SEE. submitted by Tassos on February 3, 2019, 8:11am This is not about the STUPID tissues, as a clueless reviewer writes. This is a GREAT movie.

GREAT. Not another horrible, stupid "English Patient".

It is based on the HORRIBLE REALITY of life in the Soviet Satellites, the slaves of communism, as the late great Margaret Thatcher said in her Eulogy to the other great, Ronald Reagan, at our National Cathedral.

"He freed the slaves of Communism", said the great Thatcher.

For those of you who never read a SERIOUS book (romance novels and Stephen King and John Grisham pulp fiction do NOT qualify), here is your opportunity! SEE IT.