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...East Germany in the mid-'80s, the film documents the communist government's internal spy network, the Stasi. One of its top operatives (Ulrich Mühe) is snooping on a famous playwright and his actress mistress in hopes of getting evidence of political betrayal. Gradually, the spy is drawn into their story--as is the viewer, for this is a gnarly tale of mixed motives, covert conspiracies and sexual deception on both sides. In a corrupt state, no one can be 100% pure...
...meeting can be unruly, so the Germans want pre-emptive order. But they may have gone overboard with a $17 million fence, above, being built around Heiligendamm and a plan to track activists by using scent samples. The latter was, inconveniently, a favored tactic of the feared East German Stasi secret police...
...highest-grossing Mexican film in the U.S. For all those hoping to pass as film buffs during the award season, it’s a must-see. Why the German? “The Lives of Others,” a gripping drama about the Stasi and the East German citizens they spied on during the Cold War, recently opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews, and received a Best Foreign Film nod. Why the Japanese? Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima” just might take Oscar’s Best Picture category. It?...
...complemented by the warm, decorative, and vibrant surroundings of more liberal characters. The plot centers on the government of the GDR, a prevalent force in the lives of East Germany’s citizens through a vast system of spies and security controls. With the help of the Stasi secret police forces, the GDR monitors the country for potential disloyalty. “The Lives of Others” captures human compassion at its most sophisticated level, as Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), a famous East German writer, is placed under 24-hour watch, with Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich...
...Stasi--East Germany's internal spy network--is in full fester, keeping watch on artists and political dissidents, forcing many into obeisance or jail, silence or suicide. Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe), a mousy Stasi captain, plants bugs in the home of chic playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his actress girlfriend Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck). Wiesler and his coarser superiors have motives as complex as they are nasty: to please a party boss, to tease out scenarios of voyeuristic lust and, well, because they can. Wiesler has another reason to spy and pry: he's good...