Noah Rymer
5 years
ago
slow to start but it has one of the best endings ever!
Emma Flaherty
5 years
ago
An engrossing look at what life in the GDR was like with fascinating characters.
Tony Gandía
over 5 years
ago
German spy chiller goes beyond conventions to deliver thrills
Leif Jacobson
almost 6 years
ago
Brilliant and haunting, this film examines a less known but no less dark part of history.
Alejandro Cisneros Delevaux
over 6 years
ago
One of the best movies i've ever seen. Incredible performances and amazing story. 5 stars.
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almost 7 years
ago
great movie with a great script, great performance, great screenplay with a great feel
Aaron Jones
almost 8 years
ago
Interesting historical drama. Good ending.
Eric Lameijn
8 years
ago
Interesting movie of great quality!
Ieuan Francis
8 years
ago
Deeply powerful and moving, with very strong performances to a well written script.
Nate McBean
over 8 years
ago
A great german movie. You rated this 4 stars on 7/11/2009 (netflix)
Maggie Triantafillou
over 8 years
ago
A brilliant film that gives tremendous insight into the Stasi police and life in the GDR.
Dan Kearns
over 8 years
ago
From original 10s list
The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his boss Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.
The film was released in Germany on 23 March 2006. At the same time, the screenplay was published by Suhrkamp Verlag. The Lives of Others won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had earlier won seven Deutscher Filmpreis awards – including best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actor – after having set a new record with 11 nominations. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Golden Globe Awards. The Lives...