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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Features

The Lives of Others: Almost Complete Control

Under the heavy, grey tread of Stasi control, made more brutal by the friends, family and neighbors recruited to spy on one another, Art, though trampled, will send out tendrils of subversive inspiration. [21 August 2007]

Reviews

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

In East Berlin 1984, Gerd Wiesler believes in what he does. A Stasi captain and surveillance expert, he implacably pursues his directive, "to know everything." [9 February 2007]

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