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The Lives of Others (2007)
In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...
| Release Date: | February 9th, 2007 |
| Running Time: | 137 minutes |
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The Lives of Others Movie Review by Matthew  (2/23/2007) |
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Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), a celebrated East German playwright, doesn't like the way his new play has turned out. Despite the fact the lead actress is his girlfriend, Christa (Martina Gedeck); he feels the play's director lacks the subtlety the material requires. The Cultural Minister congratulates Georg on the play...
(complete The Lives of Others review by Matthew)
| The Lives of Others Movie Review by Movie Addict (2/29/2008) |
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An absolutely brilliant film by writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. His first feature film was more than deserving of the awards it receives, especially last year's Oscar.
Ulrich Mühe totally captivated me by his performance as the Stassi agent trying to please his boss, who was trying to get a promotion by...
(complete The Lives of Others review by Movie Addict)
| The Lives of Others Movie Review by Ezra (3/12/2007) |
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A fascinating and utterly engaging film that accomplishes something rather rare: it is an epic, but also a very quiet human drama. A dystopian story of intrigue and betrayal in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this film is expertly paced and extremely engaging, with excellent performances from the entire...
(complete The Lives of Others review by Ezra)
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