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This critically-acclaimed, Oscar®-winning film (Best Foreign Language Film, 2006) is the erotic, emotionally-charged experience Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) calls "a nail-biter of a thriller!" Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police (Stasi). Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives. But when a corrupt government official falls for Georg’s stunning actress-girlfriend, Christa, an ambitious Stasi policeman is ordered to bug the writer’s apartment to gain incriminating evidence against the rival. Now, what the officer discovers is about to dramatically change their lives - as well as his - in this seductive political thriller Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) proclaims is "the best kind of movie: one you can’t get out of your head."
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By T-Bone (Portland, OR)
What a fantastic movie. Superb acting & direction. And an ending that left me speechless. Wow. Loved it, loved it, loved it!
By Sterling (Los Angeles, CA United States)
A rare peek of life under a communist, socialist government, in this case in 1984 East Germany. East Germany was in the World's spotlight, due to which it had the highest standard of living and the most freedoms of all other European communist block countries. Further, by 1984 things had improved to a considerable degree.
This film is a great achivement, a must see film. The writing and acting are exceptional and the twist in the plot is masterful.
However, to those who know and study this dark period in human history, there has not been other such "good" men.
By Book Worm (Oklahoma City, OK USA)
This movie is a very accurate portrayal of life behind the iron curtain. There is no question of right and wrong. Instead, every decision is either for the state, or against the state. If you make a decision against the state, you risk detection, imprisonment, and death. The harsh realities of life in the Eastern Block are poignantly portrayed.
By T. Kavanagh (717)
If I could give this less than 1 star I would.
Considering that German is one of the most spoken languages in the world, in this country and in some states it is the second most spoken language after English, why wouldn't they have German subtitles?
This is the reson why I WILL NEVER buy blue ray products!
By Sojourner (Close to retirement after serving in the US Military, Worldwide)
Hypocrisy, malice, and corruption.
Abuse of privelege, power, and responsibility.
This couldn't possibly describe the government of the German Democratic Republic.
If the East German press was to be believed, the people of the GDR were the luckiest people on earth. They were the envy of the world - they lived in an idyllic paradise under the caring and (ever so) watchful eye of "President" Erich Honecker and his State Security apparatus, the Stasi. So good was life in the GDR that it was a catastrophic tragedy when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Countless millions of "true" Germans in that moment lost everything.
But that is propaganda. The truth is that in that moment, the only people to lose anything were those in power. For the countless "Ossies" who worked quietly against the regime, the fall of the Berlin Wall was the moment when these unsung heroes gained everything.
We now know (to the everlasting shame of Western Socialism/Liberalism) that life in East Germany wasn't at all like the State's press releases. Life wasn't a paradise of endless choices; instead, a person born into the GDR was given only two unenviable choices: "play by the rules" and lose one's soul or fight against the inhumanity of the regime and most likely lose one's life. In either case, one could expect the Stasi to be intimately involved.
"The Lives of Others" is a movie that focuses on a writer, an actress, an interrogator policeman (HGW XX/7), an opportunistic civil servant, and a pig of a government official. The movie describes "Operation Lazlo" ("OV Lazlo"), a surveillance operation that takes place over approximately six months. "OV Lazlo" is a corrupt operation from the start and it is the moral bankruptcy of the operation that over time causes HGW XX/7 to truly see what he had been so patriotically, though robotically, defending. At great risk, HGW XX/7 decides to take a stand, though small it might be. In the end, and at great loss to the writer, the actress, and HGW XX/7, the interrogator policeman's actions result in the eventual restoration of their dignity and courage.
"The Lives of Others" is a sublime masterpiece. Having served on the East German border during the Cold War, I can attest to the cruelty and blatant lies of the GDR's propaganda machine. "The Lives of Others" gave me a glimpse of those unsung heroes (like HGW XX/7) I always hoped were there. It is no longer a hope, I now know they were there doing what they could.
Was kann ich sagen? Sie sind der wahre Held des Kalten Krieges. Ich möchte Sie irgendwann treffen und hört Ihre Geschichte. Ihre Stimme verdient, gehört zu werden. Bravo!
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