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The Lives of Others East Germany, the 1980s and Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) is a skilled interrogator for the Stasi, the state police. His mission is to spy on playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and the actress Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck), on the alert for anything his superiors consider subversive or criminal. However, Wiesler soon begins to find himself personally involved in the lives of the couple he secretly observes. An enthralling and superbly realised political thriller - and winner of the 2007 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film |
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Germany 2006
137 minutes
15/ Subtitled |
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