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The Lives of Others

Das Leben der Anderen

★ Editor's Pick

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck  ·  Germany  ·  2006

ThrillerDrama 2000s

In 1984 East Berlin, a Stasi officer assigned to surveil a playwright and his actress lover begins to empathise with his targets — and empathy, in a surveillance state, is the most subversive act of all. The definitive cinematic treatment of life under East German surveillance.

Language

German

Cast

Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch

Awards

  • Academy Award Best International Feature Film
  • European Film Award Best Film