The lives of others english subbed 1 of 2german movie 1 0f 2 german movie by. You may have to click the subtitle button on your remote control to turn on english subtitles. I think this is the first german movie which shows this system as it used to be which has been confirmed by several. The film opens in east berlin in 1984 with a sequence that alternates scenes from an interrogation with scenes from a training class for aspiring officers of the stasi, or secret police. Martina gedeck, ulrich muhe, sebastian koch, ulrich tukur, thomas thieme, hansuwe bauer, volkmar kleinert, matthias brenner director.
Film study guide for asalevel german film and literature guides by geoff brammall kindle. The 2006 german drama film the lives of others german. This film is based on an interesting idea, but is too long, slow, visually drab and depressing. The film had earlier won seven deutscher filmpreis awardsincluding those for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actorafter setting a new record with 11 nominations. This powerpoint gives some basic facts and statistics about the gdr and the role of the stasi, before going on to summarize briefly the events in the film. Trust full movie suzan marie ghaleb, danny elacci, chelsea bennett duration. Five years before its downfall, the former eastgerman government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. The lives of others germany 79th academy awards best foreign movie winner 2007 trailer. The real reason i went to to find the screenplay, though, was because i wanted to have the written script to use to study. Stasi captain wieler is ordered to follow author dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.
Before the fall of the berlin wall, east germanys secret police listened to your secrets a tragic love story set in east berlin with the backdrop of an undercover stasi controlled culture. The plot is about the monitoring of east berlin residents by agents of the stasi, east germanys secret police. Partyloyalist captain gerd wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright georg dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress christa. A man who has devoted his life to ferreting out dangerous characters is thrown into a quandary when he investigates a man who poses no threat in this drama, the first feature from german. See more ideas about the lives of others, film and i movie. Dec 04, 2015 the 2006 german drama film the lives of others german. The lives of others 2006 directed by florian henckel. The lives of others is about a stasi man who shows a little mercy.
Outstanding feature film bester spielfilm quirin berg. In 1984 east berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. It is powerful in way that hollywood hasnt managed to produce in a very long time. The lives of others 2006 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A tragic love story set in east berlin with the backdrop of an undercover stasi controlled culture. The lives of others won the 2006 academy award for best foreign. The lives of others subtitles english 34 subtitles.
It stars ulrich muhe as stasi captain gerd wiesler, ulrich tukur as his superior anton grubitz, sebastian koch as the. Ulrich muhe, martina gedeck, sebastian koch, ulrich turkur, thomas thieme. With ulrich muhe, martina gedeck, sebastian koch, ulrich tukur. The film had earlier won seven deutscher filmpreis awardsincluding those for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actorafter setting a new record. Was unmoglich scheint bis vor kurzem ist jetzt aus offiziellen quellen wunschenswert. Sony pictures classics presents the lives of others. Feb 09, 2010 the lives of others germany 79th academy awards best foreign movie winner 2007 trailer. The lives of others won the 2006 academy award for best foreign language film. Unlike more traditional spy films, the lives of others doesnt sacrifice. This clip shows the bugging, or wiring of dreymanns apartment. Wieslers gradual transition from loyal drone to actual human being is where the film is most powerful.
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