The Lives of Others

By shael stolberg on September 5, 2010 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, foreign film oscar, german film, Martina Gedeck, stasi, the lives of others, Ulrich Muehe Film of the Month, Trailers

by Anthony Lane – This first feature from the young German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck starts in 1984, in East Berlin. A successful playwright (Sebastian Koch) and his girlfriend (Martina Gedeck), hitherto trusted by the state, are placed under Stasi surveillance. Their investigator, a lonely ascetic by the name of Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe), is […]